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Reading romantic poetry / Fiona Stafford

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Place of publication not identifed] : Wiley Blackwell, c2014Description: vii, 237 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781118773000
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR 590 .S73 2014
Contents:
Chapter1. The Pleasures of Poetry -- Chapter2. Solitude and Sociability -- Chapter3. Common Concerns and Cultural Connections -- Chapter4. Traditions and Transformations: Poets as Readers -- Chapter5. Reading or Listening? Romantic Voices -- Chapter6. Sweet Sounds -- Chapter7. Poems on Pages.
Summary: Reading Romantic Poetry introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period convulsed by revolution, prolonged warfare and political crisis. Provides a clear, lively introduction to Romantic Poetry, backed by academic research and marked by its accessibility to students with little prior experience of poetry. Introduces many of the major topics of the age, from politics to publishing, from slavery to sociability.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation General Education GC PR 590 .S73 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000009533

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter1. The Pleasures of Poetry -- Chapter2. Solitude and Sociability -- Chapter3. Common Concerns and Cultural Connections -- Chapter4. Traditions and Transformations: Poets as Readers -- Chapter5. Reading or Listening? Romantic Voices -- Chapter6. Sweet Sounds -- Chapter7. Poems on Pages.

Reading Romantic Poetry introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period convulsed by revolution, prolonged warfare and political crisis. Provides a clear, lively introduction to Romantic Poetry, backed by academic research and marked by its accessibility to students with little prior experience of poetry. Introduces many of the major topics of the age, from politics to publishing, from slavery to sociability.

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