Encyclopedia of Romanticism (Routledge Revivals) Culture in
Britain, 1780s-1830s Edited by Laura Dabundo Published October
23rd 2009 by Routledge – 662 pages Series: Routledge Revivals
First Published in 1992, this encyclopedia is designed to survey
the social, cultural and intellectual climate of English
Romanticism from approximately the 1780s and the French
Revolution to the 1830s and the Reform Bill. Focussing on ‘the
spirit of the age’, the book deals with the aesthetic,
scientific, socioeconomic – indeed the human – environment in
which the Romantics flourished. The books considers poets,
playwrights and novelists; critics, editors and booksellers;
painters, patrons and architects; as well as ideas, trends,
fads, and conventions, the familiar and the newly discovered.
The book will be of use for everyone from undergraduate English
students, through to thesis-driven graduate students to teaching
faculty and scholars. 1. Foreword 2. Preface 3. Acknowledgements
4. Contributors 5. The Encyclopedia 6. Index