English Poetry of the Romantic Period 1789-1830

This introductory survey 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 visionary and prophetic role. It includes helpful and authoritative discussions of figures such as Blake, Clare, Coleridge, Crabbe, Keats, Scott, Shelley and Wordsworth.

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

J.R. Watson

Résumé

This introductory survey 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 visionary and prophetic role. It includes helpful and authoritative discussions of figures such as Blake, Clare, Coleridge, Crabbe, Keats, Scott, Shelley and Wordsworth.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: J R Watson, J. R. Watson, J.R. Watson
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 02.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138153813
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15381-3
• Pages: 438
• Thème: Longman Literature In English Series
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; POETRY / General, Poetry, Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Poetry / Poems