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The Romantics
First published in 1981. This book aims to show Romanticism as a response to certain questions – in literature, art, religion, philosophy and politics – that were being asked increasingly towards the end of the eighteenth century. The essays focus on growth and change (in society and the individual), nature, feeling and reason, and subjectivism – examining how these questions arose, why they were felt to be important and the kinds of answers that, consciously or unconsciously, the Romantics provided. This title will be of interest to students of literature, history and philosophy.
267 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1981
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February 20, 2021
The book presents five different contexts for English romantic poetry.
The five are 1) historical context 2) context of English art 3) religious context 4) philosophical context and 5) the context of romantic literature. The definition of the English romantic period is 1782 to 1832 in this book. As in other books the main figures of English romanticism are Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelly. Byron is not a subject. In this book there are other figures who are significant: Burke, Thomas Spence, Thomas Paine, Horace Walpole, Fuseli, Thomas Chatterton, Charles Wesley, Robert Lowth, Hume, Locke, Kant, and Thomas Love Peacock. I mention these names to give you some idea of how the collection of essays work, giving a context to the literature. As the book is small, it does not take on a very large scope, but gives a good idea of some of the events, ideas, and people who were an influence on culture at the time, and so on the poets of the time. I can’t say the book is outstanding in a large field of literary history and criticism on the English Romantics, but it is a reliable introduction to putting the literature in context, and not too difficult of an academic work.
The five are 1) historical context 2) context of English art 3) religious context 4) philosophical context and 5) the context of romantic literature. The definition of the English romantic period is 1782 to 1832 in this book. As in other books the main figures of English romanticism are Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelly. Byron is not a subject. In this book there are other figures who are significant: Burke, Thomas Spence, Thomas Paine, Horace Walpole, Fuseli, Thomas Chatterton, Charles Wesley, Robert Lowth, Hume, Locke, Kant, and Thomas Love Peacock. I mention these names to give you some idea of how the collection of essays work, giving a context to the literature. As the book is small, it does not take on a very large scope, but gives a good idea of some of the events, ideas, and people who were an influence on culture at the time, and so on the poets of the time. I can’t say the book is outstanding in a large field of literary history and criticism on the English Romantics, but it is a reliable introduction to putting the literature in context, and not too difficult of an academic work.
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