The Regency years : during which Jane Austen writes, Napoleon fights, Byron makes love, and Britain becomes modern

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The Regency years : during which Jane Austen writes, Napoleon fights, Byron makes love, and Britain becomes modern

Title remainder

during which Jane Austen writes, Napoleon fights, Byron makes love, and Britain becomes modern

Statement of responsibility

Robert Morrison

Title variation

Jane Austen writes, Napoleon fights, Byron makes love, and Britain becomes modern

Creator

• trueMorrison, Robert, 1961-

Author

• trueMorrison, Robert, 1961-

Subject

• trueArts -- Great Britain -- History
• trueArts -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Arts -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
• Arts -- History
• trueEngland -- Civilization -- 19th century
• trueEnglish literature
• English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
• English literature -- History and criticism
• trueGreat Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century
• trueGreat Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820
• trueArts
• trueGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
• trueLiterary criticism
• trueModern arts
• trueModern arts -- 19th century
• trueNational characteristics, English
• trueNational characteristics, English -- History
• trueNational characteristics, English -- History -- 19th century
• Regency -- Great Britain
• trueGreat Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

"A surprising history of the era that brought our modern world decisively into view. Though the Victorians are often credited with ushering in our modern era, the seeds were planted in the years before. The Regency (1811- 1820) began when the profligate Prince of Wales replaced his insane father, George III, as Britain's ruler; around the regent surged a society of evangelicalism and hedonism, elegance and brutality, exuberance and despair. The arts showcased extraordinary writers and painters such as Austen, Byron, the Shelleys, Constable, and Turner. Science gave us the steam locomotive and the blueprint for the modern computer. Yet the dark side of the modern era was visible in the poverty, slavery, pornography, opium, and gothic imaginings that birthed Frankenstein. And all the while, the British Empire fought in foreign lands: the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the War of 1812 in the United States. Exploring these crosscurrents, Robert Morrison illuminates the profound ways this period shaped and indelibly marked the modern world."--Provided by publisher

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Tone

• trueUpbeat

Writing style

• trueEngaging
• trueComprehensive
• trueDescriptive

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

941.07/3

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DA533

LC item number

.M775 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography