Second-Generation Romantic Poets' Paradoxical Approach to Women

Download or read book Second-Generation Romantic Poets' Paradoxical Approach to Women written by Soner Kaya and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines certain literary works by Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron, and John Keats because, on the one hand, they represent patriarchal hegemony and, on the other, they present a challenge to it. The primary objective of the book is to demonstrate that despite their tendency towards liberty, individual rights, and imagination, these poets did not consistently choose one attitude towards women in their literary works. Suggesting that Byron, Shelley and Keats were caught between their liberal views on women and patriarchal norms of their age, the book discusses how their attitudes towards women lack consistency through an analysis of the specific roles assigned to women, both in accordance with and in defiance of traditional gender norms.