Romanticism

This accessible introduction to Romanticism and its contexts from 1780-1820 includes an overview of the historical, cultural and intellectual background including the romantic movement in culture, political upheaval, philosophy and religion and scientific development and surveys the developments in key genres including discussion of major writers such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Byron, Wollstonecraft, Hemans and Smith. It includes a glossary of key terms, a guide to critical approaches, a chronology and guided further reading.