LEADER 04470nam 2200697 450 001 9910826910503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-118-84318-5 010 $a1-118-84310-X 010 $a1-118-84317-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000371908 035 $a(EBL)1985698 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001437434 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12595868 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001437434 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11364236 035 $a(PQKB)10483445 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16037165 035 $a(PQKB)21810576 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1985698 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11030443 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL770038 035 $a(OCoLC)898334476 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1985698 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000371908 100 $a20150320h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a30 great myths about the Romantics /$fDuncan Wu 210 1$aChichester, England :$cWiley Blackwell,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-84326-6 311 $a1-118-84319-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 mad 327 $aMyth 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 sister 327 $aMyth 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 users 327 $aMyth 29 The Romantics practised free love on principleMyth 30 The Romantics were the rock stars of their day; Coda; Further Reading; Index; EULA 330 $a 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 exam 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRomanticism$zGreat Britain 606 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRomanticism 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory. 676 $a820.9/145 700 $aWu$b Duncan$0154881 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826910503321 996 $a30 great myths about the Romantics$94045455 997 $aUNINA