This book is a major reassessment of the French Revolution's impact on the English novel of the Romantic period. Focusing particularly - but by no means exclusively - on women writers of the time, it explores the enthusiasm, wariness, or hostility with which the Revolution was interpreted and represented for then-contemporary readers. A team of international scholars study how English Romantic novelists sought to guide the British response to an event that seemed likely to turn the world upside down.

"The romantic poets left an indelible mark on the history of literature, their celebration of nature and human possibility permanently altering the course and development of English-language poetry. The contributions and legacies of William Blake; George Gordon, Lord Byron; Samuel Taylor Colerid John Keats; Percy Bysshe Shelley; and William Wordsworth are explored in this collection of full-length critical essays introduced by Harold Bloom."

"A Concise Companion to the Romantic Age provides new perspectives on the relationships between literature and culture in Britain from 1780 to 1830 Provides original essays from a variety of multi-disciplinary scholars on the Romantic era."