Cronin, R. (2019) Rattling on exactly as they talk: romantic conversations. European Legacy, 24(3-4), pp. 315-328. (doi: 10.1080/10848770.2019.1573616)
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Abstract
The essay begins by identifying the conversation as a hitherto neglected Romantic genre, and by distinguishing the conversation from the dialogue. It goes on to characterise the conversation as a generic hybrid, ambiguously placed between writing and speech, between the studied and the impromptu, between the ephemeral and the permanent, and between fact and fiction. It points out how closely the conversation is connected with the rise in the second decade of the nineteenth century of the literary magazine, and with the publication in the same period of Byron’s Don Juan, and discusses why this should have been so. It argues that the conversation is a paradoxical literary genre in that it is best defined by its refusal of all conventional generic constraints.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Cronin, Professor Richard |
| Authors: | Cronin, R. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature |
| Journal Name: | European Legacy |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1084-8770 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1470-1316 |
| Published Online: | 04 February 2019 |
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