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Romantic Poetry

Romantic Poetry

Last updated: October 01, 2024

    The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books, recommended by Seamus Perry

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    The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books - Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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    Lyrical Ballads
    by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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    The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Gustave Doré

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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
    by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Gustave Doré

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    The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books - The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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    The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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    The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books - Coleridge's Notebooks: A Selection by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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    Coleridge's Notebooks: A Selection
    by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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    The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books - Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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    Biographia Literaria
    by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  • The reputation of Romantic poet, critic and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge has long been overshadowed by William Wordsworth, his friend and Lyrical Ballads co-author. Oxford professor Seamus Perry talks us through the books that showcase Coleridge's idiosyncratic brilliance.  

  • The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books - Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Gustave Doré
  • The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books - The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books - Coleridge's Notebooks: A Selection by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books - Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books, recommended by Seamus Perry

The reputation of Romantic poet, critic and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge has long been overshadowed by William Wordsworth, his friend and Lyrical Ballads co-author. Oxford professor Seamus Perry talks us through the books that showcase Coleridge’s idiosyncratic brilliance.  

The Best Samuel Taylor Coleridge Books, recommended by Seamus Perry

    The Greatest Romantic Poems, recommended by Gillen D'Arcy Wood

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    The Greatest Romantic Poems - William Wordsworth: The Major Works by Stephen Gill (editor)

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    William Wordsworth: The Major Works
    by Stephen Gill (editor)

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    The Greatest Romantic Poems - Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works by H. J. Jackson (Editor)

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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works
    by H. J. Jackson (Editor)

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    The Greatest Romantic Poems - Willam Blake: Selected Poetry by William Blake

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    Willam Blake: Selected Poetry
    by William Blake

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    The Greatest Romantic Poems - Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works by Michael O'Neill (Editor) & Zachary Leader (Editor)

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    Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works
    by Michael O'Neill (Editor) & Zachary Leader (Editor)

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    The Greatest Romantic Poems - John Keats: The Major Works by Elizabeth Cook (Editor)

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    John Keats: The Major Works
    by Elizabeth Cook (Editor)

  • Freud said he owed them everything and even people who have never read a poem in their lives speak their language today. Gillen D'Arcy Wood, Professor of Environmental Humanities and English at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, explains who the Romantic poets were and recommends five of the greatest Romantic poems.

  • The Greatest Romantic Poems - William Wordsworth: The Major Works by Stephen Gill (editor)
  • The Greatest Romantic Poems - Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works by H. J. Jackson (Editor)
  • The Greatest Romantic Poems - Willam Blake: Selected Poetry by William Blake
  • The Greatest Romantic Poems - Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works by Michael O'Neill (Editor) & Zachary Leader (Editor)
  • The Greatest Romantic Poems - John Keats: The Major Works by Elizabeth Cook (Editor)

The Greatest Romantic Poems, recommended by Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Freud said he owed them everything and even people who have never read a poem in their lives speak their language today. Gillen D’Arcy Wood, Professor of Environmental Humanities and English at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, explains who the Romantic poets were and recommends five of the greatest Romantic poems.

The Greatest Romantic Poems, recommended by Gillen D'Arcy Wood

    Reading the Romantics, recommended by William St Clair

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    Reading the Romantics - The Romantic Ideology by Jerome J McGann

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    The Romantic Ideology
    by Jerome J McGann

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    Reading the Romantics - Toward an Aesthetic of Reception by Hans Robert Jauss

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    Toward an Aesthetic of Reception
    by Hans Robert Jauss

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    Reading the Romantics - The English Common Reader by Richard Altick

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    The English Common Reader
    by Richard Altick

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    Reading the Romantics - The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France by Robert Darnton

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    The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France
    by Robert Darnton

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    Reading the Romantics - The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

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    The Wealth of Nations
    by Adam Smith

  • Who read Byron in his time? How much did a copy of Wordsworth cost? The scholar guides us through the astonishing history of reading in the Romantic period of English literature

  • Reading the Romantics - The Romantic Ideology by Jerome J McGann
  • Reading the Romantics - Toward an Aesthetic of Reception by Hans Robert Jauss
  • Reading the Romantics - The English Common Reader by Richard Altick
  • Reading the Romantics - The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France by Robert Darnton
  • Reading the Romantics - The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Reading the Romantics, recommended by William St Clair

Who read Byron in his time? How much did a copy of Wordsworth cost? The scholar guides us through the astonishing history of reading in the Romantic period of English literature

Reading the Romantics, recommended by William St Clair

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