{"product_id":"9781118843192","title":"30 Great Myths about the Romantics","description":"\u003ch1\u003e30 Great Myths about the Romantics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDuncan Wu\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Gothic \u0026amp; Romance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrimming with the fascinating eccentricities of a complex and confusing movement whose influences continue to resonate deeply, \u003ci\u003e30 Great Myths About the Romantics\u003c\/i\u003e adds great clarity to what we know – or \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e we know – about one of the most important periods in literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the various misconceptions commonly associated with Romanticism, offering provocative insights that correct and clarify several of the commonly-held myths about the key figures of this era\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCorrects some of the biases and beliefs about the Romantics that have crept into the 21st-century zeitgeist – for example that they were a bunch of drug-addled atheists who believed in free love; that Blake was a madman; and that Wordsworth slept with his sister\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCelebrates several of the mythic objects, characters, and ideas that have passed down from the Romantics into contemporary culture – from Blake’s \u003ci\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e and Keats’s \u003ci\u003eOde on a Grecian Urn\u003c\/i\u003e to the literary genre of the vampire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngagingly written to provide readers with a fun yet scholarly introduction to Romanticism and key writers of the period, applying the most up-to-date scholarship to the series of myths that continue to shape our appreciation of their work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuncan Wu\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eRomanticism: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, 4th edition (WileyBlackwell, 2012), and the author of books about Romanticism, Wordsworth, and Hazlitt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 May 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118843192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e336\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315741552780,"sku":"9781118843192","price":24.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118843192.jpg?v=1780160547","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118843192","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}