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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Trauma, transcendence, and trust Trauma, transcendence, and trust Brennan, Thomas J,Thomas J. Brennan,Thomas J. Brennan "Trauma, Transcendence and Trust takes up the idea of trauma as one of the lenses through which the twenty first century interprets experience. One place to excavate the roots of this sensibility is … OL15633141W
The Cambridge introduction to British romantic poetry The Cambridge introduction to British romantic poetry Michael Ferber "The best way to learn about Romantic poetry is to plunge in and read a few Romantic poems. This book guides the new reader through this experience, focusing on canonical authors - Wordsworth, Coleri… OL16464940W
Gothic romanticism Gothic romanticism Tom Duggett "Gothic Romanticism relates architecture, politics, and literary form to read afresh the works of the Lake Poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey. Reading a wide range of canonical and lesser-read… OL18351402W
The Cambridge introduction to Victorian poetry The Cambridge introduction to Victorian poetry Linda K. Hughes "Victorian poetry was read and enjoyed by a much larger audience than is sometimes thought. Publication in widely-circulating periodicals, reprinting in book reviews, and excerpting in novels and ess… OL18549785W
Biographia literaria Biographia literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1817 work Biographia Literaria is an autobiography in discourse; loosely structured and non-linear, the work is meditative and contains numerous philosophical essays. Initia… OL26129W
Poems Poems Samuel Taylor Coleridge Introduces the life of author Samuel Taylor Coleridge and presents a sample of his poetry, including complete works and excerpts, with a brief, explanatory introduction to each. OL26131W
Wordsworth and the critics Wordsworth and the critics Mahoney, John L. xix, 166 p. ; 24 cm OL3337175W
Poetry as an occupation and an art in Britain, 1760-1830 Poetry as an occupation and an art in Britain, 1760-1830 Peter T. Murphy This is a great literary criticism work. It serves as an excellent companion to An Duanaire 1600-1900: Poems of the Dispossessed. It oozes historical significance. Rather than fall into the pitfall o… OL4305825W
Power, plain English, and the rise of modern poetry Power, plain English, and the rise of modern poetry Rosen, David In this engaging book David Rosen offers a radically new account of Modern poetry and revises our understanding of its relation to Romanticism. OL4687895W
Wordsworth in his major lyrics Wordsworth in his major lyrics Leon Waldoff "Wordsworth in His Major Lyrics explores the identity, role, and subjectivity of the speaker in Wordsworth's finest and best-known longer lyrics - "Tintern Abbey," "Resolution and Independence," "Ode… OL5358506W
Balladeering, minstrelsy, and the making of British romantic poetry Balladeering, minstrelsy, and the making of British romantic poetry Maureen N. McLane "This is a new history and theory of British poetry between 1760 and 1830, focusing on the relationship between Romantic poetry and the production, circulation and textuality of ballads. By discussin… OL549750W
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti Robert N. Keane "Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the poet-painter, was an untiring craftsman who repeatedly edited his poems - partly due to the influence of advice from family and friends. He refrained from publishing any … OL6211290W
Poetic exhibitions Poetic exhibitions Eric Gidal "Poetic Exhibitions: Romantic Aesthetics and the Pleasures of the British Museum offers an extensive interdisciplinary study of the relation between British Romantic poetry and the rise of national m… OL6212241W
The complete works of Robert Browning Volume XVI The complete works of Robert Browning Volume XVI Daniel Karlin,John Woolford,Robert Browning Nineteen poems by Robert Browning include "My Last Duchess," "Porphyria's Lover," "Fra Lippo Lippi," and "Love among the Ruins." OL634478W
Victorian Poetry Victorian Poetry Mrs I Armstrong In a work that is uniquely comprehensive and theoretically astute, Isobel Armstrong rescues Victorian poetry from its longstanding sepia image as 'a moralised form of romantic verse', and unearths it… OL8093200W