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by Joseph Pearce (Editor), Robert Asch (Editor)
The word "romantic" has so many varied meanings that C. S. Lewis quipped it should be deleted from our vocabulary. Yet, from the perspective of English literature, "romantic" is associated, first and foremost, with the poetry of Romanticism, the movement that accentuated the aesthetic value of emotion, human experience, and the majesty of nature.
In this volume, the finest works of the second generation of Romantic Poets--Byron, Shelley, and Keats--are assembled in an accessible and yet scholarly manner, together with a selection of contemporary criticism by tradition-oriented experts, in order to introduce these poets to a new generation of readers. This second work follows the initial volume featuring the first generation of Romantic Poets: Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge.
While the first generation of Romantic Poets were sympathetic to Christianity, Byron, Shelley, and Keats were largely hostile to the Christian Faith. Yet, in spite of this, much of their finest work shines forth the goodness, truth, and beauty which is itself a manifestation of the Divine.
Author Biography
Joseph Pearce is the acclaimed author of numerous literary studies, including Literary Converts, The Quest for Shakespeare, and Shakespeare on Love, as well as popular biographies of Oscar Wilde, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. He is the general editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions series.
Robert Asch is the editor of the Saint Austin Press and co-editor of the Saint Austin Review. His books include Lionel Johnson: Poetry and Prose (Saint Austin Press) and The Romantic Poets, volume I (Ignatius Press). He lives in Preston, England with his wife and children.
