Teaching Romanticism

by Higgins, David; Ruston, Sharon

• ISBN13: 9780230224858
• ISBN10: 0230224857
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Romanticism is taught at universities across the globe and is considered integral to the study of British and European literature. This book, written by leading academics, presents innovative, practical approaches to teaching traditional and newer aspects of the curriculum and is essential to anyone teaching Romanticism at university level.

Author Biography

DAVID HIGGINS is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the author of Romantic Genius and the Literary Magazine (2005) and Frankenstein: Character Studies (2008), and co-editor (with Ashley Chantler) of Studying English Literature (2009). His current research focuses on Romantic autobiography and national identity.
 
SHARON RUSTON is Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture at the University of Salford, UK. She has published Shelley and Vitality (2005) and Romanticism (2007), edited 'Literature and Science', the 2008 volume of Essays and Studies, and numerous essays on Romanticism and science. She is currently Vice-President of the British Association for Romantic Studies.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Series Preface	p. ix
Notes on the Contributors	p. xi
Chronology	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
The Changing Canon
Labouring-Class Poetry	p. 11
Romantic Theatre	p. 24
Scottish, Irish and Welsh Romanticism	p. 38
European Romanticism	p. 49
Gender and Sexuality	p. 62
Slavery, Empire, Race	p. 75
Approaches to Teaching Romanticism
Teaching Romanticism and Visual Culture	p. 91
Teaching Wordsworth in the Lakes: the Literary Field Trip	p. 104
Teaching Romanticism with ICT	p. 120
Close Reading Romanticism	p. 134
Theorizing Romanticism	p. 146
Postgraduate Study of Romanticism in the UK, US and Canada: Posting and Positing a Twenty-First Century Romanticism	p. 161
Teaching Romanticism in Japan	p. 177
Guide to Further Reading	p. 191
Index	p. 196
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