Romanticism: A Critical Reader

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Summary: Student helper
Review: I recently studied Romanticism in a collegiate class using this text as the main "bible" of Romanticism, if you will. I thumbed through it shortly after I purchased it and found most of the authors I thought of as Romantics and some that I had no idea were considered part of the era. The content is logically organized with helpful commentary by the contributors who are expert in the field. Of course, with Romanticism, individual ideas were always most important, so each contributor may have something to say that differs from another, but all opinions are welcome.

My particular avenue of interest is John Keats and, though an anthology's companion and an anthology itself, this text gave me enough information to whet my appetite for more and to consider enrolling in graduate study in Keats's poetry and prose.

I would recommend this to all teachers of Romanticism who want to supplement their students' learning process and all those who are Romantics at heart and want an overview of the era. Be advised, however, that it is mostly the poetry and some excerpts of prose and does not include any of the novels of the era, nor does it touch much on the other arts except in a broad historical sense.