The Poetics of Spice

Romantic Consumerism and the Exotic

By:

Timothy Morton

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Romanticism

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This 2000 book considers the literary and cultural significance of spice, and the spice trade, in Romantic literature, shedding new light on the impact of consumerism and capitalist ideology on writers of the period. Timothy Morton demonstrates how the emerging consumer culture was characterized by an ornate, figuratively rich mode of representation which he describes as 'the poetics of spice'. This is the focal point for a probing analysis that addresses a host of related themes - exoticism, orientalism, colonialism, the slave trade, race and gender issues, and, above all, capitalism. Employing a mixture of Marxist, deconstructive and psychoanalytic theory, Morton explores how capitalist ideology was inscribed in the very materials of consumption. The book takes a wide historical perspective, surveying a range of literary, political, medical, travel, trade and philosophical texts, and includes readings of Milton, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Leigh Hunt, Charlotte Smith and Southey among many others.

Author Biography:

Timothy Morton is Professor of English at Rice University, Houston.

Release date Australia

June 1st, 2006

Author

Timothy Morton

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

17 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

300

Series

Cambridge Studies in Romanticism

Dimensions

152x226x18

ISBN-13

9780521026666

Product ID

1972335

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