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AnacclaimedanthologycelebratingthecreativefloweringoftheEnglishRomanticperiodTheRomanticismthatemergedaftertheAmericanandFrenchrevolutionsof1776and1789representedanewfloweringoftheimaginationandthespirit,andacelebrationofthesoulofhumanitywithitscapacityforlove.ThisextraordinarycollectionsetstheacknowledgedgeniusofpoemssuchasBlakeasaTheTyger,aColeridgeasaKublaKhan,aandShelleyasaOzymandiasaalongsideversefromlesswellknownfiguresandwomenpoetssuchasCharlotteSmithandMaryRobinson.Wealsoseefamiliarpoetsinanunaccustomedlight,asBlake,Wordsworth,andShelleydemonstratetheircomicskills,whileColeridge,Keats,andClareexploretheGothicandsurreal.aAnabsolutelyfascinatingselectionanotableforitswomenpoets,itsintriguingthematiccategories,anditshelpfulmini-biographies.aa"RichardHolmes"