Wildly Romantic: The English Romantic Poets: The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous

The Romantic poets transgressed traditional boundaries in life and art, rousing suspicion in conservative nineteenth-century Britain. Revolutionaries, addicts, and philanderers, these remarkable writers forged one of the most important movements in Western literature. From the friendship between Wordsworth and Coleridge to the short, brilliant life of John Keats to the exploits of Byron and the Shelleys, this group biography follows both the poets' individual stories and the story of their relationships. Includes selected poems, list of sources, suggestions for further reading and viewing, and index.