The Problem of Poetry in the Romantic Period
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 Wordsworth's 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.
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The Problem of Poetry in the Romantic Period
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 Wordsworth's 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.
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The Problem of Poetry in the Romantic Period

The Problem of Poetry in the Romantic Period

by M. Storey
The Problem of Poetry in the Romantic Period

The Problem of Poetry in the Romantic Period

by M. Storey

Overview

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 Wordsworth's 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780333738900
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 05/16/2000
Edition description: 2000
Pages: 197
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x (d)

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.

Table of Contents

Preface Lyrical Ballads: The Burden of the Mystery Coleridge: The Self-Consuming Breast The Prelude: The Wavering Balance of My Mind Keats and Shelley: The Dark Idolatry of Self Clare: This Sad Non-identity Byron and Clare: An Indigestion of the Mind Postscript Notes Index
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