The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry (Penguin Classics)

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The Romanticism that emerged after the American and French revolutions of 1776 and 1789 represented a new flowering of the imagination and the spirit, and a celebration of the soul of humanity with its capacity for love. This extraordinary collection sets the acknowledged genius of poems such as Blake’s ‘Tyger’, Coleridge’s ‘Khubla Khan’ and Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ alongside verse from less familiar figures and women poets such as Charlotte Smith and Mary Robinson. We also see familiar poets in an unaccustomed light, as Blake, Wordsworth and Shelley demonstrate their comic skills, while Coleridge, Keats and Clare explore the Gothic and surreal.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Classics
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 28, 2006
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 1005 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140435689
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140435689
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.57 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.72 x 5.18 x 1.91 inches
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 12 and up
Best Sellers Rank: #111,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #93 in Poetry Anthologies (Books) #115 in British & Irish Poetry #192 in Literary Criticism & Theory
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