Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Cambridge Introductions to Literature The best way to learn about Romantic poetry is to plunge in and read a few Romantic poems. Each chapter explains the history and development of a genre or sets…
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Cambridge Introductions to Literature
The best way to learn about Romantic poetry is to plunge in and read a few Romantic poems. Each chapter explains the history and development of a genre or sets out an important context for the poetry, with a wealth of practical examples. This book guides the new reader through this experience, focusing on canonical authors Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Blake and Shelley whilst also including less familiar figures as well.
A unique appendix resolves most difficulties new readers of works from this period might face: unfamiliar words, unusual word order, the subjunctive mood and meter. Michael Ferber emphasizes connections between poets as they responded to each other and to great literary, social and historical changes around them. This enjoyable and stimulating book is an ideal introduction to some of the most powerful and pleasing poems in the English language, written in one of