2nd Edition

English Poetry of the Romantic Period 1789-1830

By J.R. Watson Copyright 1992
438 Pages
by Routledge

438 Pages
by Routledge

438 Pages
by Routledge

On its first appearance English Poetry of the Romantic Period was widely praised as on of the best introductions to the subject. This edition includes updated material in the light of recent work in Romanticism and Romantic poetry. The book discusses the concerns that linked the Romantic poets, from their responses to the political and social upheavals around them to their interest in the poet's... Read more
Introduction; 1: The Poet; 2: Texts and Contexts; 3: Preoccupations, and Ways of Reading Them; 4: Some Poets; 5: Blake; 6: Wordsworth; 7: Coleridge; 8: Byron; 9: Shelley; 10: Keats

Biography

J.R. Watson