Romanticism

Romanticism

Romanticism

1st Edition
David Stevens
March 2004
Print
9780521753722

Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.

Overview

Romanticism offers guidance through the diversity of uses and meanings of the word 'romantic', not in terms of fixed definitions or essential qualifying characteristics, but rather in giving a helpful framework for questions and exploration. The focus throughout tends to be on the Western European cultural world of the latter half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th, as befits English literary study, but the context is far broader.

Features

  • Each title includes a wide-ranging yet carefully levelled introductory discussion of a literary period, genre or theme, to provide students with an excellent introduction to an area of literature.
  • Helps students to address the new assessment objective 4 ('demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received') - worth up to 35% of the A level qualification under new guidelines.
  • Discussion questions and end-of-section tasks offer an invaluable resource for self study as well as helpful exam preparation.
  • A mini-anthology of texts and extracts saves teachers time searching for appropriate 'wider reading' texts.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. Approaching Romanticism
  • 2. Approaching the texts
  • 3. Texts and extracts
  • 4. Critical approaches
  • 5. How to write about Romanticism
  • 6. Resources.

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