04470nam 2200697 450 991082691050332120200520144314.01-118-84318-51-118-84310-X1-118-84317-7(CKB)3710000000371908(EBL)1985698(SSID)ssj0001437434(PQKBManifestationID)12595868(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001437434(PQKBWorkID)11364236(PQKB)10483445(PQKBManifestationID)16037165(PQKB)21810576(Au-PeEL)EBL1985698(CaPaEBR)ebr11030443(CaONFJC)MIL770038(OCoLC)898334476(MiAaPQ)EBC1985698(EXLCZ)99371000000037190820150320h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr30 great myths about the Romantics /Duncan WuChichester, England :Wiley Blackwell,2015.©20151 online resource (334 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-118-84326-6 1-118-84319-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Note on Monetary Values; Myth 1 Romanticism began in 1798; Myth 2 English Romanticism was a reaction against the Enlightenment; 2.1 New Forms of Sociability; 2.2 The Language of Passion; 2.3 The Poet as Prophet; Myth 3 The Romantics hated the sciences; Myth 4 The Romantics repudiated the Augustans, especially Pope and Dryden; Myth 5 The Romantic poets were misunderstood, solitary geniuses; Myth 6 Romantic poems were produced by spontaneous inspiration; Myth 7 Blake was madMyth 8 Blake wrote `Jerusalem' as an anthem to EnglishnessMyth 9 Lyrical Ballads (1798) was designed to illustrate `the two cardinal points of poetry', using poems about everyday life and the supernatural; Myth 10 Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads was a manifesto for the Romantic revolution; Myth 11 Wordsworth had an incestuous relationship with his sister; Myth 12 Tory Wordsworth; Myth 13 The person from Porlock; Myth 14 Jane Austen had an incestuous relationship with her sister; Myth 15 The Keswick rapist; Myth 16 Byron had an affair with his sisterMyth 17 Byron was a great lover of womenMyth 18 Byron was a champion of democracy; Myth 19 Byron was a `noble warrior' who died fighting for Greek freedom; Myth 20 Shelley committed suicide by sailboat; Myth 21 Shelley's heart; Myth 22 Keats's `humble origins'; Myth 23 Keats was gay; Myth 24 Keats was killed by a review; Myth 25 Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote Frankenstein; Myth 26 Women writers were an exploited underclass-unknown, unloved, and unpaid; Myth 27 The Romantics were atheists; Myth 28 The Romantics were counter-cultural drug usersMyth 29 The Romantics practised free love on principleMyth 30 The Romantics were the rock stars of their day; Coda; Further Reading; Index; EULA Brimming with the fascinating eccentricities of a complex and confusing movement whose influences continue to resonate deeply, 30 Great Myths About the Romantics adds great clarity to what we know - or think we know - about one of the most important periods in literary history. Explores the various misconceptions commonly associated with Romanticism, offering provocative insights that correct and clarify several of the commonly-held myths about the key figures of this era Corrects some of the biases and beliefs about the Romantics that have crept into the 21st-century zeitgeist - for examEnglish literature19th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish literature18th centuryHistory and criticismRomanticismGreat BritainLiterature and societyGreat BritainHistoryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.RomanticismLiterature and societyHistory.820.9/145Wu Duncan154881MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK991082691050332130 great myths about the Romantics4045455UNINA