Keats, Shelley, and Romantic Spenserianism

by Greg Kucich

Book Overview

A comprehensive study of the influence Spenser had on the forms, images, and style of the principal Romantic poets, this volume explores how Spenserianism pervades not just their writings but also the subconscious thinking and spirit of the Romantic era. Edmund Spenser's tremendous popularity among the Romantics has always been recognized, but his role in their poetics has never been extensively explored because of a widely shared scholarly assumption...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271007060
• ISBN13: 9780271007069
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"