The age of romantic literature - Harry Blamires

This book examines one of the richest periods of English literature. It explores the historical and artistic roots of the Romantic movement, isolating significant characteristics of the Romantic "style", and then traces its development through the works of a wide range of poets, novelists, dramatists and prose writers. The major figures of the period - Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Byron, Scott - are discussed and attention is also given to those less well-known writers whose works are nevertheless worthy of note and whose attitudes and outlooks often shed a fascinating light on their more famous contemporaries. The result is a book which provides the reader both with an analysis of specific writers and works, and an insight into the overall nature of Romantic literature.;This book comes from a companion series of background study guides in English literature and language that are designed to meet the wider needs of students of English.