Matthew Arnold and the Romantics Routledge Library Editions: Romanticism Series

First published in 1963. Matthew Arnold grew up under the personal as well as literary influence of Wordsworth, when Keats, Shelley, and Byron were dominant poetic forces and Coleridge a seminal thinker on social and religious problems. However, the great Romantics were not always positive influences. This study attempts to provide an examination of Arnold by exploring and evaluating the full range of Arnold?s reactions to the major Romantic poets over his whole career. This title will be of interest to students of literature.

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction 2. Such Need of Joy: Wordsworth 3. The Anguish of Greatness: Byron 4. The Strayed Revellers: Keats 5. The Intense Inane: Shelley and Coleridge 6. Between Two Worlds: Matthew Arnold and Romanticism; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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