Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Introduction Memorializing Romanticism Historicizing Romanticism Feminizing Romanticism Fashioning Romanticism Civilizing Romanticism Realizing Romanticism Christening Romanticism Domesticating Romanticism Conclusion Index
Synopsis
Covering a wide range of authors, among them Carlyle, Tennyson, Browning, Clare, Mary Shelley and Disraeli, Cronin brings light and order to one of the murkiest quarters in recent British literary history. Brimming with intelligent and original perceptions about authors of works that have fallen through literary-historical cracks, Romantic Victorians offers shrewd assessments of their formal and tactical designs.