This is an annotated bibliography of 35 of the most important contributions to the historicism of Romanticism in Britain, and of literary essays, all contributing to the most important references to the historiography of Romanticism in Britain.
Describes how the Romantic hero, fashioned by the Romantics, is portrayed as a paradigmatic, random individual with a particular purpose. Considers how Through two of Longfellow's works, "A Psalm of Life", and "Excelsior", Longfellow illustrates the full picture of a Romantic hero.
A comparison of the Romantic poetry movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the Modernist poetry movement of the early twentieth century in discussion of their contexts. The comparison examines the Romantic poetry of John Keats ("Ode on a Grecian Urn") and the Modernist poetry of W.H. Auden ("Musee des Beaux Arts") and oulines what influenced Keats and Auden into writting their works.
The French Revolution inspired writers of the Romantic period, who supported the revolution at first because of its potential for political and social change. Effects of the revolution in later years, however, including the impact of Napoleon, led Romantic writers to write of Napoleon's cruelty, escaping to nature to get away from the real world and its problems, victims of war, and other related topics. The work of Romantic poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge offer good examples of this development.
This essay talks about the differences between historical and romantic writing. Describes topic differences as well as setting and literary techniques.
A short overview of world events during the Romantic period of literature, which ran from 1798 to 1832. Most notable among these events were the American and French revolutions, and the writings of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were also considered rebellious. These works, however, influenced many authors and artists in the forming of the Romantic age.
Explains the fundamental ideas and origins of Romanticism, a movement that emerged during the French Revolution. Describes how it is believed to be a reaction to the Enlightenment.
