{"product_id":"reading-romantic-poetry-paperback","title":"Reading Romantic Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFiona Stafford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Romantic Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period convulsed by revolution, prolonged warfare and political crisis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a clear, lively introduction to Romantic Poetry, backed by academic research and marked by its accessibility to students with little prior experience of poetry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces many of the major topics of the age, from politics to publishing, from slavery to sociability, from Milton to the mind of man\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages direct responses to poems by opening up different aspects of the literature and fresh approaches to reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the poets' own reading and experience of being read, as well as analysis of the sounds of key poems and the look of the poem on the page\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeepens understanding of poems through awareness of their literary, historical, political and personal contexts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes the major poets of the period, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Burns and Clare --as well as a host of less familiar writers, including women\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"An excellent, well-written resource for those interested in Romantic poetry ... Stafford brings a new sensibility and fresh eye to the subject ... Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A splendid volume which anyone teaching Romantic poetry would want to read and want their students to read.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael O'Neill, \u003c\/b\u003e Durham University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A wonderful introduction to the subject by one of Britain's foremost readers and critics of Romantic poetry.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eJon Mee\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Warwick \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColeridge argued that the most powerful poems were those \"to which we return with the greatest pleasure.\" \u003ci\u003eReading Romantic Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates, through careful critical analysis, the ways in which the rich poetry of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries can speak directly to modern audiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book introduces readers, often for the first time, to the pleasure of reading Romantic poetry. The famous poets of the period are included: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Burns, and Clare - together with a host of less familiar writers, such as the women poets Smith, Yearsley, Barbauld, More, and Hemans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Romantic Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the major themes and preoccupations, the key poems and players, as well as the crucial literary circles and influences of a period convulsed by revolution, prolonged warfare, and political crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiona Stafford\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. She has published on a wide range of Romantic literature, and is especially interested in the literary relationships between England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. She has written several books including \u003ci\u003eLocal Attachments: The Province of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eBrief Lives: Jane Austen\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and has edited Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads (2013), as well as novels by Jane Austen and Mary Shelley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67992318050525,"sku":"9781118773000","price":67.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/njs-MlGzkU9781118773000.webp?v=1790913138","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/reading-romantic-poetry-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}