Description
Compiles 70 of the key terms most frequently used or discussed by authors of the Romantic period – and most often deliberated by critics and literary historians of the era.
- Offers an indispensable resource for understanding the ideas and differing interpretations that shaped the Romantic period
- Includes keywords spanning Abolition and Allegory, through Madness and Monsters, to Vision and Vampires
- Features in-depth descriptions of each entry's direct meaning and connotations in relation to its usage and thought in literary culture
- Provides deep insights into the political, social, and cultural climate of one of the most expressive periods of Western literary history
- Draws on the author’s extensive experience of teaching, lecturing, and writing on Romantic literature
Table of Contents
Introduction ix
A 1
Abolition 1
Allegory 6
Antiquarianism 10
Art for Art's Sake 14
Associationism 17
Autobiography 21
B 27
Bardolatry 27
Bluestockings 30
C 34
Childhood 34
Colonialism 38
Crime 43
D 47
Dandyism 47
Dialectics 51
Dreams 61
E 66
Ekphrasis 66
Eroticism 73
F 80
Folklore 80
G 84
Genius 84
Gothic 88
Grotesque 92
Gusto 99
H 103
Harlequinade 103
Hellenism 106
Higher Criticism 111
Homosexuality 114
I 119
Illusion 119
Imagination 123
Imitation 127
Incest 131
Inspiration 137
M 143
Madness 143
Medievalism 147
Melancholy 150
Melodrama 154
Mesmerism 157
Metaliterature (Metapoetry, Metafiction, Metadrama) 162
Metonymy 171
Monsters 176
Mythopoeia 180
N 185
Nature 185
Necessitarianism 189
Negative Capability 192
O 196
Organicism 196
Orientalism 200
P 206
Pantheism 206
Parody 210
Passion 213
Pathetic Fallacy 217
Picturesque 221
Poetic Form 225
Prometheus 229
R 234
Reflection 234
Reform 238
Religion 242
Revolution 250
Rights 255
Romantic Irony 258
Romanticism 267
Ruins 272
S 278
Satire 278
Science 282
Sensibility 293
Solitude 296
Sublime 301
Supernaturalism 306
Symbol 312
Sympathy 316
T 321
Transcendentalism 321
Translation 325
Travel 330
V 338
Vampire Aesthetics 338
Vision 342
W 347
Women's Rights 347
Index 353
