Through a series of 34 essays by leading and emerging scholars, A Companion to Romantic Poetry reveals the rich diversity of Romantic poetry and shows why it continues to hold such a vital and indispensable place in the history of English literature. Breaking free from the boundaries of the traditionally-studied authors, the collection takes a revitalized approach to the field and brings together some of the most exciting work being done at the present time Emphasizes poetic form and technique rather than a biographical approach Features essays on production and distribution and the different schools and movements of Romantic Poetry Introduces contemporary contexts and perspectives, as well as the issues and debates that continue to drive scholarship in the field Presents the most comprehensive and compelling collection of essays on British Romantic poetry currently available
A Companion to Romantic Poetry
Attention is given to the work of less well-known or recently rediscovered authors, alongside the achievements of some of the greatest poets in the English language: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Scott, Burns, Keats, Shelley, Byron and ...
''The Italian Romantics and Madame de Stae ̈l: Art, Society and Nationhood.'' Rivista di Letterature Moderne e Comparate, 50 (4): 355-60. Kimbell, David R. B. (1981). Verdi in the Age of Italian Romanticism.
... they see – So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar? 11. THOMAS MOORE Oh! Blame Not the Bard (1810) Oh! blame not the bard, if he fly to the bowers Where Pleasure lies carelessly ...
The Proper Lady and the Woman Writer: Ideology as Style in the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen. University of Chicago Press, 1984. RiZZo, Betsy. Companions Without Vows: Relationships among Eighteenth—Century ...
This new edition of The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism has been fully revised and updated and includes two wholly new essays, one on recent developments in the field, and one on the rapidly expanding publishing industry of this ...
From Blake to Wordsworth to Woolstonecroft and Walpole, this volume in the York Notes Companions series gives an accessible introduction to Romantic literature with essential guides to themes, contexts, and literary criticism.
The Companion to Romanticism is a major introductory survey from an international galaxy of scholars writing new pieces, specifically for a student readership, under the editorship of Duncan Wu.
Contexts and perspectives vital to our understanding of the origins and evolution of the concept of Romanticism are covered in eight introductory essays. These are followed by 22 readings of key texts from Wordsworth to Felicia Hemans.
The contributors to this volume represent the most up-to-date directions in scholarship, charting the ways in which the period's social, political and intellectual redefinitions created new fictional subjects, forms and audiences.