Cian Duffy Books

This comprehensive study delves into Percy Shelley's intellectual journey and his evolution as a poet. It explores the influences that shaped his thoughts and works, highlighting key themes in his poetry and their significance in the broader context of Romantic literature. The analysis provides insights into Shelley's relationships, philosophical beliefs, and the impact of his writings on subsequent literary movements. Through detailed examination, the book offers a fresh perspective on Shelley's contributions to poetry and his enduring legacy.

Focusing on the cultural landscape of the romantic period, this collection examines how romantic writers adapted source material and how their tropes influenced later cultural movements. The essays challenge traditional hierarchies between original sources and their adaptations, offering fresh insights into the interplay of romanticism with subsequent cultural history. This scholarly work invites readers to reconsider the dynamics of influence and reinterpretation within the literary canon.

Traces a multifaceted discourse about Denmark in British eighteenth-century and Romantic-period culture British Romanticism and Denmark shows how the articulation in British Romantic-period writing of the idea of a 'Northern' cultural identity - shared by Britain and Denmark and rooted in the classical Scandinavian past - played an important role in the emergence and development of Romanticism and Romantic nationalism in both countries. By addressing a wide range of Nordic as well as Anglophone scholarship, this study offers new perspectives on British, Danish and European Romanticisms, and on the relationship between them. Cian Duffy is Professor and Chair of English Literature at Lund University, Sweden