The romantics
Subtitle: England in a revolutionary age
By: E.P. Thompson.
Publisher: New Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Romanticism -- England; Revolutionary literature, English -- History and criticism; English literature -- French influences; Revolutions in literature; England -- Civilization -- 18th century
Description: Thompson galvanized audiences in New York and in England with his unique blend of historical analysis and literary acuity as he examined the turbulent 1790s through the work of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Mary Wollstonecraft, and that of such less well-known authors as William Godwin and John Thelwall.

Prepared for publication by his widow, Dorothy Thompson, The Romantics contains all of E. P. Thompson's original texts and notes, as well as an overview of the ideas behind his study of the period.

Combining a historian's intimate knowledge of contemporary politics with a close and sympathetic reading of the writings themselves, Thompson traces the intellectual influences that gave rise to the English Romantic movement, and examines the societal pressures - paternalism, authoritarianism, respect for tradition, and the French Revolution - that informed it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222).