Description |
xvi, 447 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
People during the Romantic Age -- The literary marketplace -- Childrens' literature and education -- The Theater -- Poets and a gallery of "Sophisters, Economists, and Calculators" -- Heroes and Heroism -- Inventing the past -- Natural history and its illusion -- The Gothic -- Bards and Minstrelsy -- The poetry of life: the philosophical background -- Painting and other visual arts -- Science |
Summary |
Discusses the poetry, painting, and science of the Romantic period and explains how the Romantics invented the past, studied nature, and created the gothic style |
Analysis |
Poetry in English, 1800-1837. Romanticism - Critical studies |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [377]-416 |
Subject |
English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Romanticism -- Great Britain.
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SUBJECT |
United Kingdom -- Civilization -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056625
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LC no. |
88001445 |
ISBN |
0393025411 |
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0393955478 |
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