Bardic criticism, the canon and the invention of the poet-bard -- Wordsworth's bardic poetics in the lyrical ballads -- Wordsworth and class (un)consciousness -- Coleridge, religious nationalism and the anxiety of empire -- Patriot women and the future of empire -- Conclusion : William Blake's prophecies and the limits of nationalism.
Summary:
"This book offers a new reading of major works by Romantic poets from Wordsworth and Coleridge to Felicia Hemans and Anna Letitia Barbauld, illuminating the ways they corroborated the public image of poets as bona fide national bards and advanced British nationalism, even when they intentionally set out to oppose or reform the politics of state"--Provided by publisher.
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