Romantic localities : Europe writes place Romantic Localities explores the ways in which Romantic period writers of varying nationalities responded to languages landscapes both geographical and metaphorical and literatures. This focus on how writers explore region and place ties in with current scholarly interest with transnational perspectives. The essays featured in this collection come from scholars from around the world and discuss poetry fiction travel narratives and historical and scientific texts. The contributors examine versions of home and abroad as well as issues of now and the past. The concentration on locality is underpinned by explorations of mobility mutability sincerity and the real