The Visionary Company, 2nd Edition, 9780801491177
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This is a revised and enlarged edition of the most extensive and detailed critical reading of English Romantic poetry ever attempted in a single volume. It is both a valuable introduction to the Romantics and an influential work of literary criticism…

The Visionary Company, 2nd Edition

A Reading of English Romantic Poetry

  • Paperback

    506 pages

  • Release Date

    30 April 1971

Summary

This is a revised and enlarged edition of the most extensive and detailed critical reading of English Romantic poetry ever attempted in a single volume. It is both a valuable introduction to the Romantics and an influential work of literary criticism. The perceptive interpretations of the major poems of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Beddoes, Clare, and Darley develop the themes of Romantic myth-making and the dialectical relationship between nature and imagination.Fo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780801491177
ISBN-10:0801491177
Author:Harold Bloom
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Imprint:Cornell University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:506
Edition:2nd
Release Date:30 April 1971
Weight:907g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm x 29mm
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About The Author

Harold Bloom

Born in Cornwall, England, William Golding started writing at the age of seven. Though he studied natural sciences at Oxford to please his parents, he also studied English and published his first book, a collection of poems, before finishing college. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, participating in the Normandy invasion. Golding’s other novels include Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, The Spire, Rites of Passage (Booker Prize), and The Double Tongue.

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