The literature of the Romantic era is steeped in the politics of
revolution and reaction. This volume looks at first and second
generation poets such as Wordsworth, Blake, Byron and Shelley and
explores their engagement with the turbulent history of their times.
Other genres such as drama, fiction and travel writing are also
discussed, with close attention paid to texts by Walpole, Austen and
Mary Wollstonecraft. Combining thematic analysis with modern critical
perspectives, the volume also includes key contextual sections focusing
on Imagination, Truth and Reason, Heroes and Anti-heroes and Faith,
Doubt and Myth ."