{"product_id":"30-great-myths-about-the-romantics-paperback-softback-9781118843192","title":"30 Great Myths about the Romantics (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118843192","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e30 Great Myths about the Romantics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wu is not a scholar who trades in faddish or modish opinion, and as its title implies, this is by its very nature an exercise in controversy and debate. The book represents a triumph of individual scholarship over what is claimed as often flawed, albeit consensual, critical opinion. Wu’s fluid, readable prose is accessible to all, and his extensive and subtle insights are a joy to read. This unique addition to the student bookshelf provides enjoyment and instruction simultaneously.” —\u003ci\u003eJane Moore, Cardiff University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDuncan Wu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118843192, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrimming with the fascinating eccentricities of a complex and confusing movement whose influences continue to resonate deeply, \u003ci\u003e30 Great Myths About the Romantics\u003c\/i\u003e adds great clarity to what we know – or \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e we know – about one of the most important periods in literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the various misconceptions commonly associated with Romanticism, offering provocative insights that correct and clarify several of the commonly-held myths about the key figures of this era\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCorrects some of the biases and beliefs about the Romantics that have crept into the 21st-century zeitgeist – for example that they were a bunch of drug-addled atheists who believed in free love; that Blake was a madman; and that Wordsworth slept with his sister\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCelebrates several of the mythic objects, characters, and ideas that have passed down from the Romantics into contemporary culture – from Blake’s \u003ci\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e and Keats’s \u003ci\u003eOde on a Grecian Urn\u003c\/i\u003e to the literary genre of the vampire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngagingly written to provide readers with a fun yet scholarly introduction to Romanticism and key writers of the period, applying the most up-to-date scholarship to the series of myths that continue to shape our appreciation of their work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Monetary Values xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 1 Romanticism began in 1798 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 2 English Romanticism was a reaction against the Enlightenment 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 3 The Romantics hated the sciences 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 4 The Romantics repudiated the Augustans, especially Pope and Dryden 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 5 The Romantic poets were misunderstood, solitary geniuses 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 6 Romantic poems were produced by spontaneous inspiration 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 7 Blake was mad 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 8 Blake wrote ‘Jerusalem’ as an anthem to Englishness 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 9 Lyrical Ballads (1798) was designed to illustrate ‘the two cardinal points of poetry’, using poems about everyday life and the supernatural 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 10 Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads was a manifesto for the Romantic revolution 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 11 Wordsworth had an incestuous relationship with his sister 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 12 Tory Wordsworth 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 13 The person from Porlock 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 14 Jane Austen had an incestuous relationship with her sister 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 15 The Keswick rapist 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 16 Byron had an affair with his sister 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 17 Byron was a great lover of women 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 18 Byron was a champion of democracy 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 19 Byron was a ‘noble warrior’ who died fighting for Greek freedom 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 20 Shelley committed suicide by sailboat 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 21 Shelley’s heart 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 22 Keats’s ‘humble origins’ 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 23 Keats was gay 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 24 Keats was killed by a review 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 25 Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote Frankenstein 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 26 Women writers were an exploited underclass – unknown, unloved, and unpaid 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 27 The Romantics were atheists 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 28 The Romantics were counter-cultural drug users 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 29 The Romantics practised free love on principle 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyth 30 The Romantics were the rock stars of their day 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 283\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; 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