{"product_id":"30-great-myths-about-the-romantics-paperback","title":"30 Great Myths about the Romantics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDuncan Wu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrimming with the fascinating eccentricities of a complex and confusing movement whose influences continue to resonate deeply, \u003ci\u003e30 Great Myths About the Romantics\u003c\/i\u003e adds great clarity to what we know - or \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e we know - about one of the most important periods in literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the various misconceptions commonly associated with Romanticism, offering provocative insights that correct and clarify several of the commonly-held myths about the key figures of this era\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCorrects some of the biases and beliefs about the Romantics that have crept into the 21st-century zeitgeist - for example that they were a bunch of drug-addled atheists who believed in free love; that Blake was a madman; and that Wordsworth slept with his sister\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCelebrates several of the mythic objects, characters, and ideas that have passed down from the Romantics into contemporary culture - from Blake's \u003ci\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e and Keats's \u003ci\u003eOde on a Grecian Urn\u003c\/i\u003e to the literary genre of the vampire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngagingly written to provide readers with a fun yet scholarly introduction to Romanticism and key writers of the period, applying the most up-to-date scholarship to the series of myths that continue to shape our appreciation of their work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere the Romantics a bunch of drug-addled atheists who believed in free love? Was Blake a madman? And did Wordsworth \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e sleep with his sister? Few literary periods are less understood yet include more mythologized figures than the British Romantics - and most of the myths swirling about them are far from romantic. \u003ci\u003e30 Great Myths About the Romantics\u003c\/i\u003e features a collection of thought provoking essays that address a range of commonly-held beliefs about key figures of the Romantic era - and about Romanticism itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Author Duncan Wu's goal is twofold: to correct some of the biases and misconceptions about the Romantics that have crept into modern critical discussion and to celebrate the mythic concepts, characters and objects that have passed down from the Romantics into contemporary culture (from Blake's \u003ci\u003eJerusalem \u003c\/i\u003eand the person from Porlock to Shelley's elusive heart). Brimming with the foibles, follies, and eccentricities of the greatest writers in literary history, \u003ci\u003e30 Great Myths About the Romantics\u003c\/i\u003e brings clarity to what we know - or \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e we know - about one of the most important periods in literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuncan Wu\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eRomanticism: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, 4th edition (WileyBlackwell, 2012), and the author of books about Romanticism, Wordsworth, and Hazlitt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744847695935,"sku":"9781118843192","price":48.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a44c76dfcf30c57a11340fefa7a12241.webp?v=1765169984","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/30-great-myths-about-the-romantics-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}