An exploration of the Romantic obsession with power, submission and masochism, through readings of Byron, Keats, Burney and others.

The surprising idea of pleasure as communal provides a new way of understanding Wordsworth's poetry and the Enlightenment's critical legacy.

Madness and the Romantic Poet examines the longstanding and enduringly popular idea that poetry is connected to madness and mental illness. The idea goes back t

Examining the memoirs and autobiographies of British soldiers during the Romantic period, Neil Ramsey explores the effect of these as cultural forms mediating w

A lively and accessible introduction for general readers, students, teachers, and academics.