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Resource Guide on Romanticism c1780-1830

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This guide is divided into:

1. General critical guides to the Romantic era

2. The Romantic poets

3. Romantic prose

4. AV materials

5. Journals

6. Websites

I. General critical guides to the Romantic era

Individual titles

The Cambridge History of English Romantic Literature

Edited by: James Chandler

Call no. PR146.C178

A concise companion to the Romantic age

Edited by: Jon Klancher

A collection of essays on the romantic era.

Call No: PR447.C744

Romanticism : an anthology

Edited by: Duncan Wu

Call No.: PR1139.R759 2006

Critical Series

Cambridge Studies in Romanticism

The HSS library has more than 40 titles in this series of critical works devoted to English

literature 1780-1830. To browse titles in the series, enter ‘Cambridge Studies in

Romanticism’ in the library catalogue search box.

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II. The Romantic poets

Romantic poetry

Edited by Duncan Wu

Call No: PR1222.R759

The Cambridge companion to British romantic poetry

Edited by James Chandler

Call no. PR590.C178

Cambridge Companion to Literature Series

The Cambridge companion to William Blake / edited by Morris Eaves.

Call No: PR4147.C178

The Cambridge companion to Coleridge / edited by Lucy Newlyn

Call No: PR4484.C26C178

The Cambridge companion to Keats / edited by Susan J. Wolfson

Call No: PR4837.C178

The Cambridge companion to Shelley / edited by Timothy Morton..

Call No: PR5438.C178

The Cambridge companion to Wordsworth / edited by Stephen Gill.

Call No: PR5888.C178

Bloom's classic critical views series

William Blake / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Call no: PR4147.W716

George Gordon, Lord Byron / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Call No: PR4388.G347 2009

Samuel Taylor Coleridge / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Call No: PR4147.W716

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Percy Shelley / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Call No: PR5438.P432

William Wordsworth / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Call No: PR5881.W719W 2009

III. Romantic prose

The Cambridge companion to fiction in the Romantic period / edited by Richard Maxwell,

Katie Trumpener

Call No: PR858.R73C178

Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley [e-book]

Author: Esther Schor

The Cambridge companion to Jane Austen / edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet

McMaster [e-book]

Mary Shelley / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Call No: PR5398.M393 2008

Jane Austen / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Call No: PR4037.J33 2008

Edinburgh edition of the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott

23 volume set

Call no. PR5322

The complete works of Thomas De Quincey

The Pickering Masters ‘The Works of Thomas De Quincey

21 volume set

Call No: PR4530.W926

A companion to Jane Austen / edited by Claudia L.

Johnson and Clara Tuite.

Call No: PR4037.C737

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Jane Austen and the romantic poets / William

Deresiewicz

Call No: PR4038.L5D431

Enlightening Romanticism, Romancing the Enlightenment: British Novels from

1750-1832

[electronic resource]

Author: Wallace, Miriam L.

This collection of essays challenges definitions of ‘Romanticism’ and ‘The

Enlightenment’.

Romanticism and the Gothic: Genre, Reception, and Canon Formation

[electronic resource]

Author: Gamer, Michael

This title examines the link between high Romantic literature and the Gothic.

IV. AV Materials

AV materials are available at the Business or ADM Library (please check the library

catalogue for location) where they can be viewed. For students, borrowing is restricted to

4 hours.

BBC adaptations of the novels of Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Directed by John Alexander

Call No: PR4034.S43S478S

Pride and prejudice

Director: Simon Langton

Call No: PR4034.P72P947A

Northanger Abbey

Call No: PR4034.N871A

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Mansfield Park

Director: Nick Dance

Call No: PR4034.M33M287P

Emma

Director: Jim O'Hanlon

Call No: PR4034.E53E54EM

Persuasion

Director: John Daly

Call No: PR4034.P467 2003

Romantic poets

The Romantic poets

[sound recording]

Selected works of Blake,

Byron, Coleridge, Keats,

Shelley, Wordsworth, read

by various narrators.

Call No: PR1222.R759P

DISCS 1-6

Sir Walter Scott, poet and

novelist, 1771-1832

[videorecording]

Director: Malcolm Hossick.

Call No: PR5332.S619

The Romantic poets

[videorecording]

Producer: Lara Lowe.Detail

Call No. PR590.R759

Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792-

1822

[videorecording]

Director: Malcolm Hossick

Call No: PR5431.P431

Percy Bysshe Shelley

[sound recording].

PR5403.S545P

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

[videorecording]

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Call No.: PN1995.9.F8M393

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V. Journals

1. Byron journal

Published twice annually by Liverpool University Press for The Byron Society.

2. European Romantic Review

Journal of the North American Society for the study of Romanticism. Focuses on

innovative scholarship on the literature and culture of Europe, Great Britain and

the Americas from 1760-1840.

3. Keats-Shelley Review

One hundred year-old journal published twice annually by the Keats-Shelley

Memorial Association. Focuses on Romanticism, English literature and Anglo-

Italian relations.

4. Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies

Published by the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies

5. John Clare Society Journal

Published by John Clare Society

6. Romanticism

Published by Edinburgh University Press, this journal focuses on literature

published between 1750-1850. Includes critical, historical, textual and

bibliographical essays.

7. Studies in Romanticism

Published by the trustees of Boston University. Includes many ‘thematic’ issues

such as the summer 2011 issue which features articles about Keats.

8. Wordsworth Circle

Published by New York University. Articles focus on contemporary studies of

literature, culture and society in England from 1760-1850.

VI. Websites

1. Romantic Circles

An academic peer-reviewed website dedicated to Romantic literature and

culture.

2. William Blake Archive

A hyperlinked archive of Blake’s work. Includes high quality digital images.

Sponsored by the Library of Congress.

3. The Romantic Chronology

A chronology of the Romantic era, which can be searched by date, topic or by

specific entry such as an author or historical figure.

4. The Web Concordance

A web concordance to poems by Blake, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley and

Wordsworth.