30 great myths about the Romantics

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30 great myths about the Romantics

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Duncan Wu

Title variation

Thirty great myths about the Romantics

Creator

• Wu, Duncan

Author

• Wu, Duncan

Subject

• Englisch
• English literature
• English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
• English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
• Great Britain
• History
• Literatur
• 1700 - 1899
• Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History
• Romanticism
• Romanticism -- Great Britain
• Romantik
• Literature and society
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre

• History
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

• Were the Romantics a bunch of drug-addled atheists who believed in free love? Was Blake a madman? And did Wordsworth really sleep with his sister? Few literary periods are less understood yet include more mythologized figures than the British Romantics - and most of the myths swirling about them are far from romantic. 30 Great Myths About the Romantics features a collection of thought-provoking essays that address a range of widely held beliefs about key figures of the Romantic era - and about Romanticism itself. --
• Author Duncan Wu's goal is twofold: to correct some of the biases and misconceptions about the Romantics that have crept into modern critical discussion and to celebrate the mythic concepts, characters, and objects that have passed down from the Romantics into contemporary culture (from Blake's J̀erusalem' and the person from Porlock to Shelley's elusive heart). Brimming with the foibles, follies, and eccentricities of these great writers, 30 Great Myths About the Romantics brings clarity to what we know - or think we know - about one of the most important periods in literary history. --Book Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

820.9/145

Index

index present

LC call number

PR457

LC item number

.W84 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography