In this Romantic-era-specific blockbuster in New Historicism criticism, Jerome McGann shows us how Romantic poetry engages with politics, social issues, and economics. Those Romantics were more complicated than we think.
What does McGann mean by the “Romantic ideology?” How does this ideology influence the way that literary critics have traditionally approached the Romantic period?
What are some of the ways in which Romantic poetry reflects its social, political and historical context?