Dlb 96: British Romantic Poets, 1789-1832, Second Series

by John R. Greenfield

The poets profiled in this volume were all born in 1779 or later and wrote most of their important poems between 1800 and 1840. Disillusioned with the failure of the French Revolution and the repressive political atmosphere in England, many poets, including Byron and Shelley, found England to be too confining and left for Italy. The dominant theme that emerges, is the liberation of the human spirit. In addition to addressing the uncertainties of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810345765
• ISBN13: 9780810345768
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.