The only short introduction to Romanticism that incorporates not only the English but the Continental movements, and not only literature but music, art, religio

What is Romanticism? In this Very Short Introduction Michael Ferber answers this by considering who the romantics were and looks at what they had in common -- t

Michael Ferber considers Romanticism in its time of growth in Western Europe, examining various types of Romantic literature music, painting, religion and philo

Explores the philosophical notion of love, and argues that love is more complex than conventional thought would have us believe.

Sweeping across two millennia and every literary genre, acclaimed scholar and biographer Jonathan Bate provides a dazzling introduction to English Literature. T