The Wiley-blackwell Encyclopedia of Romantic Writers and Writing

by Lussier, Mark; Tait, Dana L.

• ISBN13: 9781405198806
• ISBN10: 140519880X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-03-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Romantic Writers and Writing presents a comprehensive reference volume on the writers, works, themes, and literary genres of the Romantic Period of British literature. 

• Explores lesser-known figures—both men and women—as well as major writers
• Cross-referenced to allow readers to make connections between writers and concepts
• Includes a timeline of key historical and literary moments
• Contains detailed bibliographies for suggested further reading

 

Author Biography

Mark Lussier is Professor of English in the English Department at Arizona State University. He has published widely on numerous cultural concerns, from the status of women during the Restoration through the emergence of Buddhism in Nineteenth-Century Europe to the satiric dimensions of modern and contemporary surrealism.

Dana Tait is a Lecturer in the English Department at Arizona State University. Her research interests focus on “the long nineteenth century,” particularly the Cockney School of Romantic poets and aestheticism.