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This welcome addition to the Blackwell Guides to Criticism series provides students with an invaluable survey of the critical reception of the Romantic poets. Guides readers through the wealth of critical material available on the Romantic poets and directs them to the most influential readings Presents key critical texts on each of the major Romantic poets ' Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats ' as well as on poets of more marginal canonical standing Cross-referencing between the different sections highlights continuities and counterpoints
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Strong interest in the Romantic poets continues, as indicated by almost 200 years of open and ongoing criticism and recent additions to the canon. This presents key critical texts with critical histories and extracts from contemporary responders to modern critics along with lists of further reading, useful editions, and reference material. Subjects include Blake, with commentary including that from Northrop Frye, David Erdman and V.A. De Luca; Wordsworth, with Geoffrey Hartman, Alan Liu and David Bromwich; Coleridge, with J.L. Lowes, John Beer and J.J. McGann; Byron, with Joseph Mazzini, T.S. Eliot, McGann and Jerome Christensen; Shelley, with C.E. Pulos, Earl Wasserman and Timothy Clark; Keats, with J.G.Lockhart, Walter Jackson Bate, Marjorie Levinson and Nicholas Roe; and newcomers such as John Clare and women poets. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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