Brimming with the fascinating eccentricities of a complex and confusing movement
whose influences continue to resonate deeply, 30 Great Myths About the Romantics
adds great clarity to what we know or think we know about one of the most
important periods in literary history. * Explores 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
* Corrects 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