Burke to Byron, Barbauld to Baillie, 1790-1830 / Jane Stabler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stabler, Jane.

Series:

Transitions (Palgrave (Firm))

Transitions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

Romanticism--Great Britain.

Romanticism.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiii, 322 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.

Summary:

"Burke to Byron, Barbauld to Baillie, 1790-1830" provides a fresh introduction to Romantic period texts for students and teachers. Each chapter places key works of drama, poetry and prose in their cultural context and demonstrates how historically-informed close reading can enrich our view of British literature. Framing chapters on the years 1790 and 1830 explore the transitions that shaped Romantic literature from eighteenth-century Enlightenment culture to the revolutionary expectations of the nineteenth century and the dawn of the Victorian era. Stabler examines not only the 'Big Six' (Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats) but also a fuller range of writers from the period, including women writers such as Anne Barbauld and Sarah Baillie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-309) and index.

ISBN:

0333696247

0333696255

OCLC:

47243970