02159nam a22003378a 4500 CR9781139024129 UkCbUP 20180107143414.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110217s2012||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139024129 (ebook) 9780521769068 (hardback) 9780521154376 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda PR590 .F48 2012 821.709 23 Ferber, Michael, author. The Cambridge Introduction to British Romantic Poetry / [electronic resource] Michael Ferber. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cambridge Introductions to Literature Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). 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, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Blake and Shelley - whilst also including less familiar figures as well. Each chapter explains the history and development of a genre or sets out an important context for the poetry, with a wealth of practical examples. Michael Ferber emphasizes connections between poets as they responded to each other and to great literary, social and historical changes around them. A unique appendix resolves most difficulties new readers of works from this period might face: unfamiliar words, unusual word order, the subjunctive mood and meter. This enjoyable and stimulating book is an ideal introduction to some of the most powerful and pleasing poems in the English language, written in one of the greatest periods in English poetry. Print version: 9780521769068 Cambridge Introductions to Literature. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139024129 Cambridge Books Online 236601 236601