The Romantic Period: The Intellectual & Cultural Context of English Literature 1789-1830

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Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 230
Series: Longman Literature In English
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The Romantic Period was one of the most exciting periods in English literary history. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the intellectual and cultural background to Romantic literature. It is accessibly written and avoids theoretical jargon, providing a solid foundation for students to make their own sense of the poetry, fiction and other creative writing that emerged as part of the Romantic literary tradition.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Editors’ Preface
Author’s Preface
1 The Political and Economic Scene
2 Travel, Exploration, and the Geographies of Mind
3 The Literary Marketplace
4 Education and the Family
5 Science
6 Religion and Ethics
7 The Sense of the Past
8 Aesthetics and the Visual Arts
Chronology
General Bibliographies
Individual Authors
Index
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