Brief, manageable and affordable, the books in the 'Contexts' series fill the gap in students' knowledge of the historical facts, literary associations and wider cultural climate of the main literary periods. As well as offering a background in relevant social history, these texts include selected extracts from original documents to give a full flavour of the period in question. The Romantic period was a turbulent time in which England changes from a primarily agricultural society to a modern industrial nation. The French Revolution, economic cycles of inflation and depression, and an enlarged and increasingly restless working class, created circumstances for profound social and political change. Looking at poetry and fiction against the 'spirit of the age', this book discusses issues of science and art, psychology and the supernatural, revolutionary politics and social vision, satire and morality, and at the same time provides an introduction to the work of Austen, Blake, Burns, Byron, Keats, Radcliffe, Shelley, Charlotte Smith, Mary Wollstonecraft, and William Wordsworth.

Looking at poetry and fiction against the 'spirit of the age', this book discusses issues of science and art, psychology and the supernatural, revolutionary politics and social vision, satire and morality.

About the Author
Jennifer Breen is at School of Arts and Humanities, University of North London. Mary Noble is a freelance calligrapher. She is a Fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators and she is the past chairman of the Calligraphy & Lettering Arts Society. She is the co-author of two previous calligraphy handbooks.


Book Information
ISBN 9780340806708
Author Jennifer Breen
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Hodder Arnold
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 290g
Dimensions(mm) 233mm * 156mm * 15mm