{"product_id":"peacock-his-circle-and-his-age-paperback-9780521148306","title":"Peacock; His Circle and His Age (Paperback) 9780521148306","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePeacock\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHis Circle and His Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDr Mills' critical study examines the life and times of Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHoward Mills (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521148306, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 3 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThomas Love Peacock, 1785–1866, is known as the author of half a dozen brief satiric 'novels' which caricature men and movements of the early nineteenth century. Dr Mills' critical study treats Peacock as a man who was particularly alive to the important literary development and the general movements of thought in his time. The main contention in this book is that in the Regency period Peacock suddenly became more than the conventional minor writer he had been. There is also a detailed critique of Peacock's novels, and a study of his neglected music criticism. The whole book amounts to an in depth treatment of the literary and intellectual life of the Regency period considered as a time when old tastes and ideas were giving way to new. Peacock's mixture of scepticism and intelligent sympathy gives him an important place as reporter and critic.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Chronological table\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Peacock in the Regency\u003cbr\u003e 3. Peacock on the Regency\u003cbr\u003e 4. Peacock and Shelley\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Headlong Hall', 1815\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Melincourt', 1817\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'Nightmare Abbey', 1818\u003cbr\u003e 8. Three comparisons\u003cbr\u003e 9. Peacock after the Regency\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006120251672,"sku":"9780521148306","price":28.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521148306i_a41d7b00-da01-419b-a9ad-2bf9f2b0b583.jpg?v=1691372504","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/peacock-his-circle-and-his-age-paperback-9780521148306","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}