Jane Austen's ironic reference to 'the trash with which the press now groans' is only one of innumerable Romantic complaints about fiction's newly overwhelming

Matthew Leporati examines the explosive Romantic revival of epic alongside the contemporary revival of missionary activity. His study contributes to charged pol

Combating two centuries of sexism, this radical overview of Staël in context reveals a major player in Revolution and Romanticism.

Richard Cronin makes the case for why Byron's masterpiece must be recognised as the exemplary epic of the nineteenth century.

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