The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Until now there has been no concerted attempt to represent to students of Romanticism the full range of conflicting forces responsible for its dynamic literature. The eleven original essays that make up this volume make a significant contribution to our understanding of the period, providing readers with clear and coherent access to the historical roots, intellectual ferment and cultural range of British Romanticism. It includes a chronology of major publications and events, and an extensive guide to further reading. This Companion offers a unique introduction, guide, and reference work for students and readers of Romantic literature. The age of British Romanticism was a period of turbulent transition between the professed stability of the Enlightenment before it and the Victorian middle-class culture which succeeded it. Against a background of international warfare, the Romantic age embodied in its greatest literature a sense of competing values and ideals explored sceptically in the creative process, rather than dogmatic certainties fulfilled in its completion. Recent scholarship has led to the rejection of the easy categories once used to label Romanticism, but until now there has been no concerted attempt to represent to students of the period the full range of conflicting forces responsible for its dynamic literature. The eleven original essays which make up this volume make a significant contribution to our understanding of the period, providing readers with clear and coherent access to the historical roots, intellectual ferment, and cultural range of British Romanticism. It includes a chronology of major publications and events, and an extensive guide to further reading A Unique Introduction, Guide, And Reference Work For Students And Readers Of Romantic Literature, Consisting Of Eleven Original Essays. Romanticism, Criticism And Theory / David Simpson -- Romanticism And Enlightenment / Marshall Brown -- Poetry In An Age Of Revolution / P.m.s. Dawson -- German Romantic Idealism / Peter Thorslev -- Romanticism And Language / William Keach -- Culture's Medium : The Role Of The Review / Marilyn Butler -- Romantic Hellenism / Timothy Webb -- Women Readers, Women Writers / Stuart Curran -- Romantic Fiction / Gary Kelly -- Romantic Poetry : Why And Wherefore? / Stuart Curran -- The Sister Arts In British Romanticism / Morris Eaves. Edited By Stuart Curran. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Cambridge companion to British Romanticismp......Page 1 The Cambridge companion to British Romanticism......Page 13 The Cambridge companion to British Romanticismi......Page 309