Romanticism in Context: Shelley’s and Keats’s Verse and Prose: Keats’s Letters and Ode to a Nightingale, Shelley’s Defense of Poetry and Skylark

Walid A. Zaiter

Abstract


This paper argues it is probably unavoidable perceiving the works of Shelley and Keats without putting these works in the context of the age and in the context of Romanticism. On the whole the selected pieces of prose and verse of the poets represent their postulations in an era which witnessed great revolutions, political and industrial bringing about new trends in literature and in society. From the personal perspective of the two poets, the birds in the poems represent ideals reflecting the treatment of imagination, nature and ideology of their time and their individual experience, knowledge of the world and of prosody. Thus the treatment of this topic as such opens an old and new interpretation of the poets’ work since the topics in their poetry can apply to their age and ours.

Keywords


Romanticism in Context, Imagination, Nature, Verse, Prose, Keats, Shelley

Full Text:

PDF

References


Bloom, H. & Trilling L. (1973). "Romantic Poetry and Prose." In Harold B. et al (eds) The Oxford Anthology of English Literature. Vol II. London: Oxford University Press.

Brooks, Colin. (1981). "England 1782- 1832: The Historical Context." In Stephen P. (ed ), The Context of English Literature: The Romantics. London: Methuen and CO., 15- 69.

Bygrave, S. (2004)."Reading in History." Stephen B.(ed), In Romantic Writings. UK: The Open University. 15 .

Colvin, S.(ed). (1891). Letters of John Keats to his Family and Friends. I Lonnrot: Macmilan and Co.

https://archive.org/stream/lettersofjohnkea00keatiala/lettersofjohnkea00keatiala_djvu.txt

Creaser, John (1999). "John Keats, Odes" "Romanticism: The Brief History of a Concept." in Duncan Wu (ed),UK: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.

Diffey, T. J. (1981). "The Roots of Imagination: the philosophical context." In Stephen P. (ed),. The Context of English Literature: The Romantics. London: Methuen and CO., 166

Duff in, David. (1999) . "From Revolution to Romanticism: The Historical Context to 1800"

"Romanticism: The Brief History of a Concept." in Duncan Wu (ed),UK: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.

Fogle, R H. (1949).The Imagery of Keats and Shelley: A Comparative Study. USA.: The University of North Carolina Press,.

Gilroy. H. (2010).Romantic Literature. Lebanon: Librarie du Liban Publishers.

Keats, John ."Ode to a Nightingale. "Romantic Poetry and Prose." In Harold B. et al (eds) The Oxford Anthology of English Literature. Vol II. London: Oxford University Press

Perry , Seamus . (1999) ."Romanticism: The Brief History of a Concept." in Duncan Wu (ed),UK: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.

Porter , Jake. (2016). " Coleridge, Shelly, Keats, and God: The Romantic Poetics of Doubt." Valley Humanities Review Spring 2016.

Prickett, S.(1981)." Introduction". The Context of English Literature: The Romantics. In Stephen P (ed), The Context of English Literature: The Romantics. London: Methuen and CO., 1-14

Prickett, S.(1981)."Romantic Literature." In Stephen P .(ed), The Context of English Literature: The Romantics London: Methuen and CO., 220

Shelley, Percy Byshe. (1973)." A Defence of Poetry" : The Literature of Knowledge and the Literature of Power. Harold B. et al (eds) The Oxford Anthology of English Literature. Vol II. London: Oxford University Press.

Shelley, Percy Byshe. "To a Skylark" "Romantic Poetry and Prose." Harold B. et al (eds) The Oxford Anthology of English Literature. Vol II. London: Oxford University Press.

Simpson, D (2008)."The French Revolution." In H. B. Nisbet & Claude R. (eds), The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Romanticism. Vol 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 57.

Wellek, R. (1981). The Concept of "Romanticism" in Literary History. Stephen P. (ed), Introduction. The Context of English Literature: The Romantics. London: Methuen and CO., 4-5.

Williams, R. (1958). "The Romantic Artist." Culture and Society : 1780 – 1950. New York: Harper and Row, 30.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijclts.v.6n.3p.34

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Bookmark and Share


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

2013-2023 (CC-BY) Australian International Academic Centre PTY.LTD.

International Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies

You may require to add the 'aiac.org.au' domain to your e-mail 'safe list’ If you do not receive e-mail in your 'inbox'. Otherwise, you may check your 'Spam mail' or 'junk mail' folders.