German Influence in the English Romantic Period 1788–1818 With Special Reference to Scott, Coleridge, Shelley and Byron

Originally published in 1926, this book examines the extent to which interest in German literature in England grew immediately before and during the Romantic period, and the impact that German writers had on English authors of the time. Stokoe addresses many different types of English imitative literature, including propaganda and the works of Byron. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Anglo-German cultural exchange or Romanticism.

1. General introduction; 2. Henry Mackenzie's lecture; 3. Periodical literature 1788–1818, and two propagandists, William Taylor and Henry Crabb Robinson; 4. Sir Walter Scott; 5. Samuel Taylor Coleridge; 6. Percy Bysshe Shelley; 7. Byron; Appendix 1. Scott's German books; Appendix 2. The date of the Lenore-reading by Mrs Barbauld; Appendix 3. Scott's unpublished translations; Appendix 4. The date of Shelley's earliest German studies; Appendix 5. Books translated; Bibliographical notes; General bibliography; Index.