Romantic Period Writings 1798-1832
provides a valuable insight into the condition of Britain in the early part of the nineteenth century. It includes original documents from a range of disciplines and discourses. Each section includes a scholarly introduction, select bibliography, and annotations.
Among the material assembled in the anthology are writings by previously neglected or under-represented women, working-class men, black radicals, and conservative and evangelical polemicists, as well as several unfamiliar texts by canonical writers. The writings are organised into sections on:
* Radical Journalism
* Political Economy
* Atheism
* Nation and State
* Race and Empire
* Gender
* Literary Institutions.