A Companion to Romantic Poetry
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Beschreibung
It has never been possible to adequately define either Romanticism or Romantic poetry. There are no uncontested dates with which to delimit the period historically; neither is there an essential set of qualities which makes a poem unequivocally Romantic. Beyond argument, however, is the critical role that Romantic poetry has played and continues to play in evaluations of the achievements of British poetry.
The elusive nature of the period has meant that, historically, the study of Romantic poetry has been organised around just six canonical figures -- Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats -- and structured in terms of the categories generated by their works alone. Today our sense of both the achievements and the possibilities of Romantic poetry is far more expansive. This collection of 34 provocative new essays attests to the remarkable diversity of the period and encourages us to take a different approach to this body of work by refocusing our attention on the revitalised matters of form, metre, and genre.
Through a series of 34 essays by leading and emerging scholars, A Companion to Romantic Poetry reveals the rich diversity of Romantic poetry and shows why it continues to hold such a vital and indispensable place in the history of English literature.
* Breaking free from the boundaries of the traditionally-studied authors, the collection takes a revitalized approach to the field and brings together some of the most exciting work being done at the present time
* Emphasizes poetic form and technique rather than a biographical approach
* Features essays on production and distribution and the different schools and movements of Romantic Poetry
* Introduces contemporary contexts and perspectives, as well as the issues and debates that continue to drive scholarship in the field
* Presents the most comprehensive and compelling collection of essays on British Romantic poetry currently available
Autor*in
Charles Mahoney
Themen in »A Companion to Romantic Poetry«
18th Century English Literature Englische Literatur / 18. Jhd. Literary Criticism & History Literature Literaturgeschichte /Grossbritannien Literaturkritik u. -geschichte Literaturwissenschaft