Books in the Routledge Studies in Romanticism series

Romantic writings were characterized by privatism¿a sexual, economic and ontological withdrawal from otherness. Sexual Privatism in British Romantic Writing: A Public of One explores how this threefold ideology was both propagated and resisted, wittingly and unwittingly.

This collection of previously unpublished essays is an essential contribution to a vital new aspect of Romantic studies and shows Hazlitt to be, as his memorial claims, 'The first (unanswered) Metaphysician of the age'.

This volume offers new perspectives on the relationship between Romanticism and philosophy. Essays visit literary writing as a form of thinking, investigating how Romantic literature engages with European thought, from 18th- and 19th-C philosophy to contemporary theory. Chapters read Romantic texts both as critical responses to the debates that have shaped the history of philosophy, and as thought experiments in their own right. They examine the poetic philosophy of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Shelley, Keats and Clare, also considering other literary genres as philosophically significant. This book challenges our understanding not only of Romanticism, but of `literature¿ and `philosophy.¿

The essays in this collection examine the on-going influence of Romanticism in the long nineteenth century on American thinking about education, as depicted in literary texts, in historical accounts of classroom dynamics, or in pedagogical treatises. They also point out that though this influence was generally progressive, the benefits of this social change did not reach many parts of American society. This book is therefore an important reference for scholars of Romantic studies, American studies, historical pedagogy and education.

Explores a connection between two unrelated Romantic-era discourses, outlining the extent to which eighteenth and early nineteenth century theories of sympathy were generated by crises of state finance. This work establishes the ways in which crises of state finance encouraged the development of theories of sympathy.

In The Evolution of Blake's Myth, Sheila A. Spectorestablishes the dimensions of the myth that structures Blake's thought. She demonstrates how Blake used the myth hermeneutically, as the horizon of expectations for interpreting not only his own work, but the Bible and the visionary texts of others, as well.

Taking into account key movements, such as late 19th century aestheticism, early 20th century Modernism, postmodernism and post-colonialism, the book shows how these developments were not only informed by Romanticism, but also revealed it to be a more plural and less stable concept.

Presents William Hazlitt as a philosophical, and not simply a 'familiar' essayist. This collection of essays offers a comprehensive statement of the significance and transmission of Hazlitt's philosophical principles, in his own work and in that of his contemporaries and succeeding writers.

This timely collection of essays by leading British and North America Romanticists explores Hunt's life, writings and cultural significance over the full length of his career.

Marggraf Turley examines how, for Keats, an insistence on 'boyishness' in the midst of apparent mature imagery is the very essence of his political contestation of the literary establishment.

Investigates how French Romanticism was shaped by and contributed to colonial discourses of race. This title studies the ways in which metropolitan Romantic novels comprehend and construct colonized peoples, fashion French identity in the context of colonialism, and record the encounter between Europeans and non-Europeans.

Presents a study that draws upon a corpus of literary and scientific texts that testify to a cultural fascination with procreation around 1800. Through readings from Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter, this title proposes that each author contributes to a scientifically-informed poetics of procreation.

this volume argues that the kunstlerromane of Mary Shelley, Bettine von Arnim, and George Sand offer feminist understandings of history and transcendence that constitute a critique of Romanticism from within.

Highlighting the independence in his critical approach and use of poetic language, this book provides a fascinating account of the significant impact of Hunt's works on audiences during the Romantic period.

Students and academics involved with literary studies and history will find this exploration of the British cultural understanding of India extremely useful. The essays within this collection cover a wide range of topics and are written by an impressive troupe of contributors including P.J. Marshall, Anne Mellor and Nigel Leask.

Considering how literary magazines in early nineteenth-century Britain debated the nature of genius, as well as how and why they constructed particular creative artists as geniuses, this is a useful work for those working on Romantic literature. This book bridges the gap between Romantic and Victorian literary history.