The Problem of Poetry in the Romantic Period ISBN-13: 9780333738900

ISBN-13: 9780333738900

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Storey, M.

Release Date: 16-05-2000

Languages: English

Edition: 2000

Number Of Pages: 209

Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches

Details: About the Author MARK STOREY is Professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham; his previous works include The Poetry of John Clare: A Critical Introduction, Poetry and Humour from Cowpen to Clough, Byron and the Eye of Appetite, and Robert Southey: A Life. Product Description This book provides a lively exploration of the way in which several of the major British Romantic poets confront the writing and theorising of poetry. The question What is a poet? is asked and answered with great frequency and variety; invariably there is an underlying sense of unease, often in the shadow, as it were, of Wordsworths lines: We poets in our youth begin in gladness;/ But thereof comes in the end despondency and madness . The apparent confidence of the manifestoes is undermined by the self-doubts of much of the poetry, ranging from Coleridge to John Clare. Review …we should be grateful for the stimulation it provides… The Wordsworth Circle