{"product_id":"reading-romantic-poetry-paperback-softback-9781118773000","title":"Reading Romantic Poetry (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118773000","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReading Romantic Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These engagements with the nature of poetry are no mystical celebration of a mysterious power—on the contrary: by focusing on specific attempts Professor Stafford underlines the demystifying facet of these poems which lay bare their own artifice to their readers.” (\u003ci\u003eCercles\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An excellent, well-written resource for those interested in Romantic poetry … Stafford brings a new sensibility and fresh eye to the subject.” (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFiona Stafford (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118773000, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.322 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There are gems of insight on every page of this engaging and clarifying book, which opens up familiar and unfamiliar poems to considerations of verbal texture just as much as it reveals them in their cultural and political contexts. Stafford’s Reading Romantic Poetryteaches as much by example as by precept. This is how to read Romantic poetry and it is, as such, an ideal introduction to the period’s literary culture as a whole.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe BARS Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"These engagements with the nature of poetry are no mystical celebration of a mysterious power—on the contrary: by focusing on specific attempts Professor Stafford underlines the demystifying facet of these poems which lay bare their own artifice to their readers.\" (\u003ci\u003eCercles\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2012)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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.  \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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Pleasures of Poetry 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Solitude and Sociability 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Common Concerns and Cultural Connections 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Traditions and Transformations: Poets as Readers 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Reading or Listening? Romantic Voices 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Sweet Sounds 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Poems on Pages 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 230\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501194703128,"sku":"9781118773000","price":28.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118773000.jpg?v=1786216243","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reading-romantic-poetry-paperback-softback-9781118773000","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}