Romantic Writings

by Stephen Bygrave (Editor)

Overview

Romantic Writings is an ideal introduction to the cultural phenomenon of Romanticism - one of the most important European literary movements and the cradle of 'Modern' culture.
Here you will find an accessible introduction to the well-known male Romantic writers - Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. Alongside are chapters dealing with poems by Charlotte Smith, Mary Robinson, Ann Barbauld, Elizabeth Barrett Browning which challenge the idea that these men are the only Romantic writers. As a further counterpoint the book also includes discussion of two German Romantic short stories by Kleist and Hoffman. Throughout, close-reading of texts is matched by an insistence on reading them in their historical context.
Romantic Writings offers invaluable discussions of issues such as the notion of the Romantic artist; colonialism and the exotic; and the particular situation of women writers and readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351550628
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/29/2017
Series:	Approaching Literature
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Stephen Bygrave

Table of Contents

Introduction, Part One, 1. Romantic poems and contexts - Stephen Bygrave 2. Versions of British Romantic writing - Stephen Bygrave 3. Defences of poetry - Graham Allen 4. Women writers and readers - Susan Matthews 5. Reading The Prelude - Stephen Bygrave 6. Romantic verse narrative - Graham Allen 7. Reading Byron - Stephen Bygrave 8. Women poets 1780-1830 - Amanda Gilroy 9. Romantic allegory - Graham Allen 10. Colonialism and the exotic - Nigel Leask, 11. Reading Kleist and Hoffmann - Richard Allen, Conclusion - Stephen Bygrave Part Two, Romantic poetry: The I altered - Stuart Curran, The oriental renaissance - Raymond Schwab, The Corsair - Lord Byron, The uncanny - Sigmund Freud, The concept of Romanticism in literary history - Rene Wellek,

Editorial Reviews

An undergraduate text introducing British romantic poetry and prose from between 1780 and 1830. The major hitters are included (Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Shelley) and also lesser known texts written by women (Mary Robinson, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Felicia Hemans) in discussions oriented toward preparing students for critical literature study, emphasizing practical exercises applied to significant passages of text and criticism. In addition, critical articles by Stuart Curran, Raymond Schwab, and Sigmund Freud are included, developing theories of romanticism and key themes such as the "uncanny," and the "oriental renaissance." Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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