The Romantics and the May Day Tradition

by Essaka Joshua and Dr Essaka Joshua

This important contribution to both Romantic and cultural studies situates literature by Wordsworth, Southey, Hunt, Clare, and Blake within the context of folklore and popular customs associated with May Day. Romantic responses to May Day bring into focus a range of issues now regarded as central to the writing of the period - the natural world, city life, the pastoral, regional and national identities, popular culture, cultural degeneration, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754657744
• ISBN13: 9780754657743
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"