Table of Contents

1: The word 'Romantic'2: Its origin as an outgrowth of the Sensibility movement3: The apotheosis or consecration of the poet4: Romanticism as an international movement5: Romanticism as a critique of society6: Romantic themes, images, symbols, or Stoff7: The Romantic system of the arts8: Romantic religion9: Decline of Romanticism

About the Author

Michael Ferber is a Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of New Hampshire. His research interests include romantic poetry, western literature from the Greeks forward, and war and peace studies.