by Joseph Black
First published 2018
Joseph Black examines the literary movement that transformed English writing between 1798 and 1832. This third edition traces how poets like Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats broke from neoclassical traditions to emphasize emotion, imagination, and individual experience. Black analyzes the social and political forces that shaped Romantic literature, from the French Revolution to industrialization's impact on rural life. He explores how writers responded to these changes through new forms of expression that celebrated nature, questioned authority, and championed the power of the creative mind. The book offers students and scholars updated scholarship on this pivotal period in English literature.
Genres: english-literature, literary-criticism, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 19th-century, academic, romanticism
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: historical-fiction, literary-fiction
Setting: England
Period: 1798-1832
1380 pages · Paperback · Broadview Press