In this study scholars investigate the meaning of 'life' in British Romantic poetry and poetics -- analyzing the work of Blake, Shelley, Byron, Wordsworth, and others -- to open up new terrain in Romantic poetry's relation to literary theory, the history of philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics.

Investigates the meaning of 'life' in British Romantic poetry and poetics - analyzing the work of Blake, Shelley, Byron, Wordsworth, and others - to open up fresh terrain in Romantic poetry's relation to literary theory, the history of philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics.