The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1740‐1830

In this volume, two Oxford academics have brought together a collection of essays by specialists in the field from the USA, Europe and Australia which are, as the preface states (p. xi), intended to “complement and augment the emphases” of The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism (Curran, 1983). The Companion broadens and develops the enquiry of the earlier volume by allowing the reader to understand the influences that eighteenth century cultural developments and schools of writing brought to bear on the growth of Romanticism. It also makes the reader aware of the continuity that exists between eighteenth century...