Sketchbooks of the Romantics

Why was Milton so important to the Romantics? How did 'Milton the Regicide', a man often regarded in his lifetime as a dangerous traitor and heretic, become 'the Sublime Milton'? t...

This chapter explores two possible interpretations of the British Romantics abroad, the first referring to the many writers who travelled on the Continent in this period, the secon...

The French Romantic artist often has to define his place and his function in society in ways external to the essence of his work or to the aesthetic domain: he has to assume a mask...