A Handbook to English Romanticism - Softcover

This handbook contains information about major and minor writers, and about the historical and ideological context of the period. It allows the reader to see when works were published, what ideas went into them, and what historical events shaped them. It is the work of a team of specialists from Britain and France which will be of great value to all students of the period.

This handbook provides a guide to English Romanticism for students of English literature. It contains factual information about the authors, major and minor, including dates of publication and other biographical information. It also sets the work of the individual authors in context by including sections on historical movements, such as the Industrial Revolution, the abolition of the slave trade and the French revolution. Jean Raimond is the author of "Robert Southey, L'Homme et Son Temps, Son Oeuvre, l'Oeuvre, le Role" and "Visages du Romantisme Anglais", and co-author of "Le Preromantisme Anglais" (avec Pierre Arnaud"). J.R. Watson is the author of "Wordsworth's Vital Soul", "English Poetry of the Romantic Period, 1789-1830" and "The Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins", and editor of "Everyman's Book of Victorian Verse".