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BRITISH LITERATURE

•..' Volume 4 *";;!"-V^--;The Age of Romanticism

Second Edition -0 ..-; .-„.,, „

•'• •:-J]i--••"!GENERAL E D I T O R S ' • .rr::.^.::i ,

1 ! J6sep'H! Black, University ̂ f Mas$acKusettsLeonard Conolly, Trent UniversityKate Flinti\ Rutgcrs, University;,Isobel Grundy^ University of.-AlbertaDon LePari, Broadview Press 'Roy Liuzza,,University of TennesseeJerome"J-.- MeGanri,. Uniyersity' of VirginiaAnne Lake Prescott, Barnard CollegeBarry, V.-jOttajls,; RutgersiUniyersityClaire Waters, University of California, Davis

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CONTENTS

PREFACE ..•. 1:..,.'.', I '.'.'.'. y.'. ' xxiv

A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S xxxii

T H E A G E O F R O M A N T I C I S M xxxv

Political Parties and Royal Allegiances .' xlv

Imperial Expans ion xlvii

T h e Roman t i c M i n d arid Its Literary Product ions ".'.'.'.''.J. ..'.'.'. . . . 1

T h e Business o f Literature :'.'...'..'. y.'.'.'..'..'.'.'..".'..'.'.:....'...'. ,'t'V'.''.' .'?Y!J.".'. lx

"Romant ic" , . . • . , . . : , • • • > • .,,,... ... • • ...... • • • . lxi.i

A Chang ing Language '..".... lxii

HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE AND OF PRINT CULTURE .' lxv

THOMAS PAINE 1

from Common Sense 2Of the Origin and Design of Government in General. With Concise

Remarks on the English Constitution . .' 2Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession ' 4Thoughts of the Present State of American Affairs . . . . . ' 8

from The Rights of Man, Part 2 ' 13Introduction .'. .. 13from Chapter 3: Of the Old and New Systems of Government '. '. . . 15

ANNA LAETITIA BARBAULD 23

Summer Evening's Meditation 24The Groans of the Tankard : 25To the Poor ' 27Washing Day .' \ . . . 27Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, A Poem . .' '. 29On the Death of the Princess Charlotte ' 34To a Little Invisible Being Who Is'Expected Soon to Become Visible . . . ' . . .* 34

, Life : ' .' 35The Rights of Woman ' . . ' . . . ' ' . . 36The Baby-House . . .' 7 . . . . ' . . . . " . . . . ' . . . . ' . . . . ! : 36The First Fire, October 1st 1815 .' ' .'. 37The Caterpillar 38

SIR WILLIAM JONES \ ' ' . . . . : . 39A Hymn to Narayena ' . .' '!'. . ' . . . " . . . . 40

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C H A R L O T T E S M I T H . . . . . . . . : .•••;. .•.•; • • £ • ? • K & S ? ? ' 14/Qh-^- ••'•••'• ••'• ' 4 4

from Elegiac Sonnets -...-..; 451 ("The partial Muse, has from my earliest hours") 452 Written at the Close of Spring . . : 45.11 To Sleep 46

; , _ 39 To Night ' . . ' . . . ' ! 4644 Written in the Church-yard at Middleton in Sussex 4659 Written September 1791 46.70 On being cautioned against walking on an headland overlooking the sea . . . . 47

^4 . ; "74 The Winter Night' ' . ' / . ". . . . , . . , , . / . ' . ' . 47:'•"•• '84 To the'Muse';;.'.'. ' , ''. ' . . : ! . 47*v{ Beachy Head '.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'. '. .". .'.'. . . ' . , , \. \ 47

CONTEXTS: T H E FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE NAPOLEONIC ERA , ..•">.

(www.broadviewpress.com/babl) ".... from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the. Revolution in France . ,. . •

from Thomas Paine, Rights of Manfrom Richard Price, A Discourse on the Love of Our Country . . , . - . .....

c, Samuei Taylor Coleridge, Letter to Charles Heath, 29 August 1794 --. , :.f... . , _-.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge,,-"Pantisocracy". .,.,,..,,.-••.-...,...:.„.<,; ... ,,,.;.,, „ .; -, rRobert Southey, "On thePrbspect of Establishing a PantisoGracy in, America"

; from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Once a Jacobin Always a' Jacpbin" :-..,,,-,,,.,', • ,.... Thomas Spence, "The Rightsof Man fpr,Me:'A Song" ••.. ..._..,-: ,;-.., ,.:,,., H-;

; ; , from George Walker, The Vagabond . . . ,.-, . . , u , ,. ..,..... i

; , from The Preface : . . ',,,;-.',,:...,,.-•.. from Louis Antoine, Fatjvelet de,Bourrienne,.Memoirs ofNapoleon:;Bonaparte ., ,..->

" from Chapter 18: 1 7 9 9 " " " " "' "'"- '.'.''••••"•".." ' ', r f r o m C h a p t e r 2 2 : 1 7 9 9 - ; -• , ,.., , : , ; . ,N,,V. ;:, : ,. •.„

, f r o m C h a p t e r 2 8 : l ' 8 0 0 L •' ; ; ! ' • ' • : ' - : ' . -•• ' ' . ' r ",",•' •' '"•' ' \

•, from Barry Edmund O'Meara, Letter to Sir'Hudson Lowe, 28, January 1817. ; ...:• •-• from Madame (Germaine) de Stael, Considerations of the Principal Events of,; ..,.. .--c t h e French R e v o l u t i o n ' . . . ..-••,,.,.;..;,...,v/:,r f r o m C h a p t e r 4 : T h e A d v a n c e o f B o n a p a r t e ' s . A b s o l u t e . R p o w e r ,.,:..';_•: . . ) . . . •.;.,,•; f r o m C h a p t e r 8 : O n E x i l e . ,••..: - r ' j ; : • - • . . n - p - ' - ^ j i " " ! : : ••'"••

• • ;• from Chapter. 19.:-Intpxicatipn pf Power; .Bonaparte's.-.Reyerses, and Abdication •:... from Chapter 13: Bonaparte's Return- ' .-, .•.; f r o m The Corscian: A Diary of Napoleon's Life in his Own Words, . . < ; ; : • , . . . , ,-.-^ , --r..• . Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Feeiirigs p f a R e p u b l i c a n o n t h e Fall o f B o n a p a r t e " . ; ...• -• ...;-.•-'.- f r o m T h o m a s B a b i n g t o n Macau lay , " H a l l a m ' s C o n s t i t u t i o n a l H i s t o r y " . ..-••.- .. ,, ,,•-;•

G E O R G E C R A B B E ( w w w . b r o a d v i e w p r e s s . c o m / b a b l )

o;- f r o m The Borough .-.. .:. . .,,,.,...,•.,.,,.,,,••;•• .

• •,t.- T h e P o o r o f t h e B o r o u g h : - P e t e r G r i m e s : :.....,Y~ r;'-: . i .. • j .-A r a b e l l a • - • : . •

..i o Hi'!.-rA (SONTENT'SHi.aarii ~R?Sii?.b. no vno

W I L L I A M BEAKE,: , .?:,.,...;:/...; ............~.. ................................ jji-:.:f.";.c.M-rj.^iti.L:.'ri..r,rti.3;:!n.'i-f61i

\'c; £tom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience. ...... \v:.i;*&'-':>* •-•swMi %«•¥;• >^;»ii-t-L.'si-,,3t!64'< from Songs of Innocence • ; . ; v d . . .> . . . . 64

i'. . Introduction , 64' . The Ecchoing Green < .• '. .' 64

The Lamb .' 65The Little.Black Boy . . .\ : . . . . . . .• .- , . . 65The Chimney Sweeper . . -. : 66The Divine Image •.,. v , :.,...., ,66Holy Thursday , - 67Infant Joy .- .' 67Nurse's Song .••••" • • • 67

• .„ IN CONTEXT: Charles Lamb, The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers , , r, " .(www.broadviewpress.com/babl)

from Songs of Experience , ,. ., 68-Introduction • 68The Clod & the Pebble 69

' Holy Thursday •". 69The Chimney Sweeper , , s 69The Sick Rose : 69The Fly • - : . . , 70The Tyger • , ,..•..- . 70Ah! Sun-Flower -. s,.,. . . . . . . t 71The Garden of Love . . . ' . . . . . , . . . .'. .', .' 71London , . . . . . , 71The Human Abstract , 71Infant Sorrow 72

A Poison Tree .. i / i , ,-•••, '- : 72The Marriage of Heaven and Hell ,. . . : ,. . . . 72A Song of Liberty, ,. ., 84

America (www.broadviewpress.com/babl), , ' . , • . , . . , - • ! ! - / . .-i -IN CONTEXT: "A Most Extraordinary Man" _,. . .,.f 86

from Charles Lamb, Letter to Bernard Barton, 15 May 1824 ., 86from John Thomas Smith, Nollekens and His Times , 87

> ' • . ' • - ' • , ' • ' , . . - .

M A R Y R O B I N S O N • ' : . . . ' . . . . • . . . . . - . ' 89

January, 1795 - . . : . . • : . . . . • '. . . 91

' i from Sappho and Phaon : >. -. : .• :• • 91Sonnet 4 ("Why, when I gaze on Phaon's beauteous eyes") i.,.- 91Sonnet 12 ("Now, o'er the tessellated pavement strew") . . : . . . . . : ; ; . . . ; ; . . . 92

?.hl . Sonnet .1'8 ("Why.aft;th6u'.chang!d?. Q Phaon!,tell.me.why?".)............ K:iinji-l:;r;!]92i6f!. . Sohnet-30;'("O'er the-Ltall[diffdiat'-bo.urids-rtheibill6w)^rnain«).al\r:(j>j,ssncilv'!.- s r«J92\i^ i . .Sdfifiet'3.7; ("When;in' thegloomy. mansion, of the, dead")..,;..,.,:. :K^I.V:V.(V>. ?;.!T92

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London's Summer Morning ' 96from A Letter to the Women of England 97

MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT 1001 from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ' '. 102

Introduction 102Chapter 2: The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed 105from Chapter 3: The Same Subject Continued • 117

IN CONTEXT: Contemporary Reviews of A Vindication of the Rights'of Woman . . . . 118from The Analytical Review 12 118from The Critical Review 4 \ ' 118

from Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman 120

Chapter 5 : ' . . . . ' ' '• '.. . 120

CONTEXTS: W O M E N AND SOCIETY • 130

from William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book 1,Chapter 15: Of Husband and Wife '. ; 131

from Catharine Macaulay, Letters on Education - !. . . . . 132from Letter 21: Morals Must Be Taught on Immutable Principles '. : 132from Letter 22: No Characteristic Difference in Sex h . . .'.'. .' 133

from Olympe de Gouges, The Rights of Woman ' 134from Maria Edgeworth and Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Practical Education,

Prudence and Economy '. . . . .'.' 136from Priscilla Wakefield, Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex;

With Suggestions for Its Improvement 137

from Chapter 3 '. . . .' ! 137from Chapter 6 '. . ' 137

from Richard Polwhele, "The Unsexed Females: A Poem, Addressed to theAuthor ofThe Pursuits of'Literature" .-. ' . ' . ' . . . ' '. . ' / . . . 140

from Hannah More, Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education 141from Volume 1, Chapter 4: Comparison of the Mode of Female '

Education in the Last Age with the Present Age 1 . ' . . . >'. . ' . . . . ' . . . . . - . . . 141from Volume 1, Chapter 6: On the Early Forming of Habits. On the ' ''•'

Necessity of Forming the Judgment to Direct ThosevHabits . . . . . . . . . . 142from William Thompson and Anna Wheeler, Appeal of One Half the Human Race,

• Women, Against the Pretensions of the Other Half, Men, to Retain Them in-,•• •

Political, and Thence in Civil And Domestic Slavery >. . . 142from Introductory Letter to Mrs. Wheeler ' r "'. 142from Part 2 • .' •. . . 143

/ . - • - ' , . . , ( , • - • • '

ROBERT BURNS "*...-...:>: : ' r. .>'. ' . . . 145

"' To a Mouse, O n Turning'Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough . . ' . . ' . . ' ' . . 146The Fornicator .' <...'. '. ••'. ' . . . • / . . . 147

« ' Halloween '. .rbj;-3i;->;?i!i>KH sd'il48•^Address to the De'il M O ! > . M 5 2

J.7L'?,:rr.{J llZYTinfi yO^OOJOHTwA feClONtFENlfs .,XK

' - Flow gently, sweet Afton \ ' . < . ; . . ! > . : . , . . " . - . • :•'..•] 54

• .Ae Fond Kiss ; . ' . . . . 154

Robert Bruce's March to Bannockburn . - - . . . . . . . . - . . • 154

' A M a n ' s A M a n For A ' T h a t . . .• : . . • . ' . . • . : , . ! . - . . • . : - . . -.- 155

C o m i n ' th ro ' the Rye ,.,. . . ....>. . : : . . ; , . . • . ' . . • . . . . • . - . . . . 155

' ' A R e d , Red,Rose .",:•. .-.. . ,' . ' ... . 156

i Auld Lang Syne J . . . . 156

Love and Liberty. A Can ta ta • 157

J O A N N A BAILLIE : : . . . . : : . . : . . " . . - . . ' . . i . . 163

, A Mothe r to Her Waking Infant - -\..\ 164

• A C h i l d to H i s Sick G r a n d f a t h e r .• :..,: : . v . .>.. •. ': '.,-. ,-165

T h u n d e r '.-. . ' . . • . • . • . ' . - . . . . ' . . . :\. .'•. .• ; . ; .• . . . 165

• . A W i n t e r D a y •:.-.. : .•..-. . . . .-. . . . . . . . . •„ . ' . . 166

• Song , W o o ' d a n d . M a r r i e d a n d A' • . • • • • ' •• .' .•., 170

• f rom Plays on the Passions •. .171

' • .. I n t r o d u c t o r y D i s c o u r s e ' . . ' . . ' . ! 171

f v D e M o n f o r t ( w w w . b r o a d v i e w p r e s s . c o m / b a b l ) . . . . . _ . • • < • • -i \h '

W I L L I A M T A Y L O R . .'..- t. . . :<..•':'.. .-.•. . . '•. .•. .>:<. . .> '.<:,/. . . - . ' . .'.. . v *:. . ..-. . 181

• . ' E l l e n o r e ' . : . . . : . . . . ' . ...- 182

M A R I A E D G E W O R I H '. . . .•• '. -. . . . ..." :a 186

-Angelina; Or, L'amie.Inconnue,(www.broadviewpress.com/babl)••'•. . ' , : . : ; . • • ' " '

' T h e Gra te fu l N e g r o ' ".: :•.. :. . ^ . .' 187

'. M a d a m e d e F l e u r y , ( w w w . b r o a d y i e w p r e s s . c o m / b a b l ) i • • •*•;:• i '• ,•!;••• - ' I J . '.'.•' , i

"" I N C O N T E X T : E d g e w o r t h ' s Moral Tales ; ... .•.--.'.'. . >.'. ...•-.••'189

. . . . . ' • , - . ' . l - '"

A N N E B A T T E N C R I S T A L L ( w w w . b r o a d v i c w p r e s s . c o m / b a b l ) . ••' • •• '•-,> . ; ; . ; '

' M o r n i n g . R o s a m o n d e . ; . . . . . • • • ; • :•;•'"•

' E v e n i n g . G e r t r u d e . . . . ••• ,-i\- ' , • * . - • ' • . - , , - '

JAMLS HOGG • ' . . . 197

The Expedition to Hell : ;.•..*. .\ . . : . . . - . . . 198• The Brownie of.the Black Haggs .•. • 203

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH " • . - . . ' 212

f r o m Lyrical Ballads; 1798 . .-.' :.: - . ' . . • . : • 2 1 4

. A d v e r t i s e m e n t ' . ...'•. . . . ! . . . . i ; ..-.• 2 1 4

•- W e A r e S e v e n ;..'.. ..J-. : ' -.....; 2 1 5

L i n e s W r i t t e n i n E a r l y S p r i n g ... .• '.....'....> i •.• 2 1 6

- ' The Thorn '. . .- ::..<..;..:•.•.• 216., Expostulation, and Reply 220

; , The Tables Turned ... . . . . . . . . , . . , , , . . . , 220. i-Lines Written aFew.Miles above Tintern Abbey 221

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from. Lyrical Ballads, ,1800, 1802.... ... . :\i.,->V\ ;» • : - . , : i,r,;>,i.,voi-223•\; ,. Preface. .: . , . „ . , . . . r.,...:... ,, ...,,. -?:,•:A jy.,r\ ;;/223

. [There was a Boy] , .;••;;;••;>[-. v v v : a w. :v.!''.!L.fv'i.?.'';-;[•,.i:'. .:4'/>2?>l! v[Strange fits of passion I, have k n o w n ] . \,J. I.' J. .-i:xi.fj;;tvi..,; ••../.-.r.hA i23l• . S o n g [She. dwelt, among .th'un trodden ways] . s.vM. .*:.iK .r.-.-./.i: .ra. .• ; ,232i [A slumber did m y spirit seal] . ... .'1 hsii. ..'.-..>'. '232

; ' . Lucy Gray v.:. ................... :.-.,.,,. ...,.,.,.,..... ...,...-...;.• .....,,«!••.;>-;̂ i>q'.\i .i..U;i1232>' Nutt ing. , . . . .::.... : i,-. .i:!£(J.A..vvi:>.?i..l. b:s;:./.-'o.233. Michael, A Pastoral Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ... ..... . . . . . . . : , . . . . . ; . . . , . - 234

i [I griev'd for. Buonaparte] ... . : « . ; . ; . ' . :.,240<Ode to. D u t y . . ... . . . . . - iv 1 vi . - ; : ; , : . v . v i ], : . i . : ; ,d;::U,240

•Resolution.and Independence . .:.:.U,:uvv-.••.X>i.;.';...;.;',.:.-.•». 'J.l.".'.. &4\Composed upon Westminster Bridge . .u ::; 243[The world is too m u c h w i t h us] . . . >•. •'.:-. a : . ; .". >244

".[It is a beauteous Evening] , .,. .i.iru-. ^ ry.J i .'::. '.:'.•::i:JJ..:-sr.;::2.44London,, 1802, . .,..., ..,...,...-.„.... ; . . . , . , ^ ^ ; : . ; : ' . ^ i . . ;^i j'.i,i244The Solitary.Reaper.. .....,....r............•: .-••;••.':>..•;!.'i .•:. •;:v!.- .\-:al. . 244[My: heart leaps up] . . . . . . . •... ...... . .:,:. i

;.i.f.i.';.'.v:;-LCi;..v.i:r.cii-.vsJ:--bi)*-i-i.i.v.;-'.v.:) .;:'i.^r;arA.-;r245'I N C O N T E X T : "I wandered lonely as a Cloud": Stages in the Life of a Poem 245

•;! from Dorothy Wordsworth,, Grasmere Journal (Thursday, 15 April 1802) <J. ... . /245';;,,,., [Iwandered lonely as a Cloud] 1807 246

[I wandered lonely as a Cloud] facsimile 246'' . [I wandered lonely as a Cloud] transcription 247,,..... [Iwandered lonely as a Cloud] 1815 :...'. 247

; Elegiac.Stanzas 248Ode {intimations of Immortality] . . .• / 249

' from The Excursion : 252, [The Ruined Cottage] 252

Surprised by Joy '. 259Mutability < 259Steamboats, Viaducts, and Railways 259IN CONTEXT: Visual Depictions of "Man's Art" 260

• The Prelude .-. 262i The Two-Part Prelude of 1799 263

i:. .... .First Part 263Second Part . . . . ....... . . . / ; . • . . . .,.. . . . . . . 269

from, The Fourteen-Book Prelude 276from Book First: Introduction, Childhood, and School-Time 276from Book Fifth: Books : . . . 279from Book Sixth: Cambridge, and the Alps '. . 282from Book Thirteenth: Subject Concluded -. . : 283from Book Fourteenth: Conclusion 285

,-t.ttUTA.a3xsJ •Marn.'.rQ HO YOCUOHTMA. \GIQNTENTSJ: xiir.

(:c:'from Daniel, Isaac Eaton,. The Pernicious Ejfeti;sjofithe>Art~of,Printing{- m11v^<io:G niCA\ ' ' 'Q?!; . .upon Society,,Exposed '. .VM>:;;..£. . 288i' T h o m a s Spence, "Examples of Safe Print ing," from Pig's Meat, Volume 2 . . . . . . . 290

Joshua, "Sonnet : T h e Lion," from Moral and Political Magazine, Volume 1 . . , . . - : . 290from A n o n y m o u s , " O n the Characteristics of Poetry", N o . 2 , from the Monthly

i Magazine * •. . . 290•from Anonymous, Letter to the Monthly Magazine • 291from Samuel Pratt, Gleanings in England:' Descriptive of the Countenance, Mind,

and Character of the Country . .' 292from Hannah-More, Strictures on.the Modern System of Female Education, < •• <

• from Chapter 8: "On Female Study" • 293: from Charles and Mary Lamb,""Preface," Tales^from Shakespeare . :. . : 295

from an Advertisement in The' Times for Thomas Bowdler's The Family Shakespeare 296Anna Laetitia Barbauld, "On the Origin and Progress of Novel-Writing" s. . 296from Isaac D'lsraeh, The Case of Authors Stated, Including the History ofs

Literary Property ' . \ . . : . . . . •/. -. 297William Hazlitt, "A'Review of The St James Chronicle, The MormngiChromcle, •

The Times, The New Times, The Courier, &c , Cobbett's Weekly Journal, The •,Examiner, The Observer, The Gentleman's Magazine, The NewMonthfy

Magazine, The London, &c. &c," from The Edinburgh Review . . . . : • 299from John Stuart Mill, "The Present State of Literature" ; • 300Copyright and the Growth of "a Reading Age" • ; 301

from Copyright Act of 1709 (the Statute of Anne) 303from Millar v. Taylor (1769) ..\ '..< . . . . < . : . . . 303Hinton v. Donaldson,(Scotland, 1773); Donaldson v. Beckett (England;.1774) 304from Catharine Macaulay, A Modest Plea for the Property of Copyright 306from Robert Southey, "Inquiries Concerning the Proposed Alteration of the

Laws of Copyright, as It Affects Authors and the Universities," Quarterly

Review (January 1819) • . ' . : . . ' . . : \tT. 307from Thomas Babington Macaulay, Speech to House of Commons, ' •

5 Feb'ruary 1841 v . .o ' -.-/. . 307

SIR WALTER SCOTT ' . . . ' . '. . - . . : ". . . 309

The Eve of St. John • 310Glenfinlas; or Lord Ronald's Coronach .>. r .> 3 1 3from Thomas the Rhymer : ' 318Proud Maisie 321I N C O N T E X T : Sir Walter Scott and The Keepsake for '1829 :'. .K><. . . . : . . . : '. . 322

M y Aunt Margaret 's Mirror .' 323

D O R O T H Y W O R D S W O R T H .< ' 341

-from The GrasmereJournal' .\ : ." ' . ' . . . ' . ' . . . .-.'.' i.. 342' Grasmere—A Fragment . . . .'•. . .• \ .'..>.'.::. .> . ' . : : : . . ' . . . : 354

Thoughts on My Sick-bed 355

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CONTEXTS: T H E NATURAL, T H E H U M A N , THE SUPERNATURAL^AND*THE SUBLIME '.::<. 357'

from Dionysius LgnginiLs,\On;the Sublime.'. . ;•!.;. '•". >•; . . •;:. :-.: . : .v .•.•!. ..'•-: :r.>.)359: •". S e c t i o n 1 . . . ; \ :•..:.;•.•.,;*:••;.;•'•: .,:.•••.';.. . 3 5 9

'•'" " • S e c t i o n 8 ^ - . r ! v : .'.••.'..'.•'; V ?.••:'. ::v.ii:'..-.•;•. .•.•..•'.•.:>.•: :•. .-.•!.•;.• : . .-. .-:.'. .: . • . • : : : ' . • ; : - ; . • ; •• . • • • ; '660

. ' " f rom Joseph Addison, ThePleasures'oftheJmagihatwn': '.,:•.•.] ; :;•.''.'•. •.•.••.•.•..;'..-'. =J:; .V:360

from.The'.SpectatonNo:.4li;-;^..^y.:.<l::'.K.:.ji.: ••:-'.\-.-'.-.r.y... .•'.".••.>.•:.••.•:.'; :•;..•! 360i V • • f r o m 7 * f e S p e c t a t o r , N o . . 4 l 2 - ; : - / y . \ v . . 3 6 1

f r o m The Spectator, N o . 4 1 3 -...- . ' . v ; . \ ' . . > : • ..•:'. .•-'.:• r-.:. ' . . ':.: j . . : \ •..'.:..:.-;.-•..": ;•.-.•-.•• 3 6 3

f r o m The.Spectator; N o . 4 1 4 ( w w w . b r o i d v i e w p r e s s . c o m / b a b l ) •,;= •'' I ;.::•.''.. r .f r o m . The Spectator, N o . 4 2 0 ( w w w . b r o a d v i e w p r e s s . c o m / b a b l ) v*••• s'V.vV •-;

f r o m S i r J o n a t h a n > R i c h a r d s b r i t h e . E l d e r , 1 A n E s s a y o n ' t h e T h e o r y o f P a i n t i n g \:\ \ . . " ' . : 3 6 4

. •: •. . O f t h e S u b l i m e . ; . : . '.-v .•..:. : . i > . / : : . - .^.\ ..}.-.:,: ^ . - . j . - w : : . . 3 6 4f r o m T h o m a s H a r t l e y , " O b s e r v a t i o n s on m a n ( w w w . b r b a d v i e w p r e s s . c o m / b a b l ) ' . > • • • ' •

'•••-' O f t h e p l e a s u r e s , a n d p a i n s o f u m a g i n a t i b n :• • •."•! , , , - . : , . < . i ,.•<'•-.• •••;, . .•••• ' O f t h e p l e a s u r e s ' a r i s i n g f r o m t h e b e a u t y o f t h e n a t u r a l w o r l d . • ' • • . > ; • J ::••'.':• ••

O f t h e b e a u t i e s o f t h e w o r k s o f a r t ' . •"•« •-. .. . ' • - . > v "•..,.• . . • ; •' .' 'from. Samuel Johnson, .A Dictionary of the.English Language ;•'. .v. .''. . SV./A :.. . 364

f r o m E d m u n d B u r k e ; A - P h i l o s o p h i c a l E n q u i r y j n t o t h e O r i g i n of O u r Ideas! : :.\..'-'\.\'f •'of t h e ' S u b l i m e d n d . B e a u t i f u l k . y : , .,:.:•:. . s ; . . ; . ' . . / : . i^^'X'iiy^ .,-'.'. ... . . . . . 1 1 . . 3 6 5

f r o m P a r t I 1 ( w w w . b r o a d v i e w p r e s s . c o m / b a b l ) -••.-• '.-. '-.':-'••''• •.••--'• • .;••••..

•'•'•:: from P a r t 2 . . :•••.•.:•..:.:': ^ : y : ^ ' : : • : • • • { \ .•.>.•=:• : ..,/. .•.,-.•.•..••.. A: .".\ ; :.<y.:.: - M . . 3 6 6

i:.-.r . .from Part3 • . . • . . : .:••.< r , . - . - . : i J :.:-.:: : - L •;<.•,.-.::': . : > ' ; : . V -.!.••.. :.•:.-. V . :<.:.:\ ;:: .: 3 6 7

"'"•. from P a r t : 4 ( w w w . b r o a d v i e w p r e s s . c o r n / b a b l ) ' . : ' ' '••.. .' -A . 0 • i . •'.:••, . :

r i j ? . f r o m P a r t 5 : . . . : . . y.v\v-:i: .-:.:.-.<:• .= •.•..= ••'.-..i/ 'i ' . '".;. •.;...:;•.;. A - : \ . >•. ' ;• . '•: . . - ; . . 3 6 80 . ' > ' f r o r h I m m a n u e l . K a n t , Observations on the.Feeling of t h e B e a u t i f u l , a n d : - . \: !•' r/- •'•y ^ r . ~ S t i b l i m e . \ , - . r h : / : - y y :.•:':>•;•.>: :^:.:.:'.'-.;: i ::•.,:.'.;. .>;••: . ; v . . 1 - v . - ; . i - : - . J 1 . . i - v M . : r . v j - l I H . . 3 7 0f:'M\' O'.from Sectionxl^Of the.Distihct.Objects'of.the.Fe'eling'.ofthe Beautiful:" .••.<-•;' :

• - . . i a n d ' S u b l i m e . • . ' • : . ' : • • . • . ' - : • : : . • • . ' ; .;.;: .-.;:;;.-.:....,.-.-. : . . i . ; ; ; ; v . ^ . . - . - . • . ; . • : - . - . - 1 ~ . . • v:i--:>:."7 . • ' . . ; : • . ) : . 3 7 1; from-.Sectioh.:4: OfNational1 Characteristics, Sb-Far as They Depend „'•:.. J

'" ;- ;. '•': upon the Distinct Feeling of the Beautiful.and Sublime :-.:.-.rv..' \ . .-:•. riV. . : : . 372from Sir William-.Ghambersi.y4 Dissertdtion.on Oriental Gardening, ••<. ,,..

'.'.:; . (www.broadviewpress .com/babl) . . . , . -. . ! v-L'• .••;.'.-:J '

from' Helen Maria Williams, Letters Written in France

'(www.broadviewpress.com/babl) . . . . . . . . . •. ,- ; : ; ! ; • . ' ) .: } ' " . . . L e t t e r 2 ' . •. . . . . . • • . . . . . • . . . . • ; • • • ! J . ' ' , > :•: , , ; . " '

• • . . L e t t e ' r . 9 ' . - •.' • • • : : ~ . : 1 . . . . : - : : i - ' : ! = - ' - . ! • , ••: • • •:• ; ' ;

-• : . . . . . L e t t e r 1 0 , . . - . . : . • . . - . - ; - . •'•;.' .':-.-.. .-• •••.' • ••

:' '• . . L e t t e n 2 6 . • ' . . . ' . . . : . • . : '. . • • . . . . . . ; • • . . ' . . . ' ' . - ' . ; . . . - . ' ,: : ' .

'•'..':, 'from Helen Maria ,WilliarhsM ! Tom of Switzerland:. :>.-..:; ••;.-. •:.; •!,-i •/.•'. w V.; ;-::.-;'.,-.-.'.'.': .-• 373

•.!•.•' . . . C h a p t e r . 4 . . ; . ' . : : . ' . .-."•. . . . ; v . : V ; . . - V . } • ' - . . . . . - . ; s : .:.,•• : - ' . . i . ;..-:.:.• -.'..-'. : . • • . • . - . • . • . ? . - ; . . 3 7 3

C h a p t e r 1 1 i ; . . . . - V . . . " • : . ; . . . , . ; • .•;'..' -. '. : ; 3 7 4

: ' ' C h a p t e r 4 0 . . . . .::•':::. : - : - . : . - . - . V - . ; :-..,M::.'I w. ::•:•"' .•••.;•: : . -375i£!-(from Mary. Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights ofMen->.va\ :«••.•>« .?.w.-.'rl>. -.-SY. Krcr375

ii??from Wil l iam Giplin, Three.Essays.on Picturesque Beauty .'GSffre.'?.;": A-.-.;•;«]-.••«;:-•.C379

o"c. fcod-iuR v'M f.o ?.if!«uofi I'

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Taintingthe Natural, the. Human, the Supernatural; and. the Sublime •;...:.. ..... •. :;;•.. >38O: - y- French : -.-r-.'i.: .'.x ••./.-....:.\ . 380• : G e r m a n ' • . . - . . . . : . . . . . - . . • . . . ; • : • : .-•. •:'.' . - . . : . . 3 8 5

•' . . B r i t i sh . . ; . . . . : - ; , . ; . .^ : ; , . . : : ; .v . : : . . ,v .V. \ :.: . .: . . 388• •»•;•- . .from Sir.Uvedale Price, An Essay on the Picturesq'ue;±a's. Compared'with-.-/-:'.,'-'-"\'•. i' ;•• v-y'-ihe Sublime and the Be'au'tiful; and^On the~ Use. ofStudyin'g.Pictures •\-:-- •• -•••- '•••'•-_ .. •••-.:;::-" (www.broadviewpress.com/babl) '. v.;.•••-::. :.< i'.'.> •• , , . from.Chapter.4 . . . . . , ; • . ; , « - - ! K ' . " ' . ; . - • . • < ' " • : . • > : . ; , ; . • . v . u •••.< » : o . . •-.-.•. !

'•$>'• . .- . - f r o m C h a p t e r ' 5 n h ! / 1 f i j ^ ^ ' v o . ' " . . • ! • . s i o < \ - : v ' " • : - : . . i > : . - - . ; . - . ; : i - / . " ' ' ! ; ..-^;''• ••••:'.';'

-? . f r o m R i c h a r d . P a y n e K n i g h t , An Analytical Inquiry in the Principles ••.'•.. -rv" . ;

'' >.'• . of Taste ( w w w . b r o a d v i e w p r e s s . c o m / b a b l ) !• '.:• .'•••:?. i " : i;;- •?"';V ;- . . f r om J o h n R u s k i n , . M o ^ f r « Painters, V o l u m e 1 : -.. i-. ' . i!.•!••-•. '.. .."v .-f.--'.'-:-- . . ( w w w . b r o a d v i e w p r e s s . c o m / b a b l ) . . . . ' . ;-.,i'i:,r;.;.' -VJIV

S e c t i o n J , . C h a p t e r 6 : - " O f ' I d e a s o f B e a u t y " .. ; ' r . ••••••> :>: •:•„-•..-.: • ;•.;-.-:•, A.J--:- . . - ." .Section 2 , . C h a p t e r . 3 : " O f t h e S u b l i m e ' - u ' \.-ir .. • .; i :;•• :•.•.>••'.;• ; >

T h e P l a c e o f H u m a n s a n d N o n - H u m a n A n i m a l s i n N a t u r e ' •. . . 3 9 5f r o m W i l l i a m G o d w i n , Fleetwood:: or, t h e N e w M a n of Feeling . . . . . . > . . 3 9 5from John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, Section 116 395fromWilliam- Hogarth, .The Four. Stages of Cruelty 395Anna Laetitia Barbauld, "The Mouse's Petition" 396from Anna LaetitiaiBarbauld';»'i«iowyor Children : 397Samuel.Taylor Coleridge, "To a Young Avs, Its Mother Being TetheredA Near I t " . : ; . . . . . . . * 398

PeVcy Bysshe Shelley,A Vindication of Natural Diet '. . 399from "An Act-to. Prevent the Cruel and Improper Treatment of Cattle" 405

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 407

TheEqlian H a r p . . . . . , , , . , . . . ., ! . . 409. Fears In Solitude '.. j . ' . ." . ' . . >. . . 409

Frost at Midnight ..?. • '. ' 412from The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere, in Seven Parts 413The Rime of the Ancient Manner In Seven Parts *. ' • 415IN CONTEXT: The Origin of "The Rime of the Ancient Manner'1,' ' .-. . . . '424

from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, •Bwgraphia Literana, Chapter 14 . ' . . ' . . . . 424from A-Letter from the Rev. Alexander Dyce to Hartley Coleridge . . .' 425

• This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison '.'.< '.' '. 425Chnstabel ! ' . . . . : '. > 426Dejection: An Ode •.' !: . . . ...'. :. . . . 435Work Without Hope s. . • ..: :'. 437Kubla Khan, Or, A Vision in a Dream. A Fragment *. . . • : '. 438Epitaph * \ . 439On Donne's Poetry '...'•.... : 439

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08S,,JDefinition of,Poetry]...-....;.,.., ' ,;,.,, . . ....... , , . . , . . , , ... ........... jhr:ivilL, 439c ; 'c . .from Notes on,Lear.. . . . . . . . . . .......7;:rms:O.. . 439

from [On the English Language] . 440[Mechanic vs. Organic Form] ; 440

from Biographia Literana, or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions 441from Chapter 1 v 441

Reception of the Author's First Publication 441The Effect of Contemporary Writers on Youthful Minds 442Bowles's Sonnets : •• 443

from Chapter 4 • 443Mr. Wordsworth's Earlier Poems .'' •. . 443

from Chapter 11 446An affectionate exortation to those who in early life feel themselves

disposed to become authors 446from Chapter 13 '.' :•.:'. 447

On the Imagination, or Esemplastic Power».- 1 '. . 447Chapter 14 . . : ,.. , . . 448

Occasion of the Lyrical Ballads • : i. . 448from Chapter, 17 : .". . 451

Examination of the Tenets Peculiar to Mr. Wordsworth '. '. . 451from TableTalk : • ., 454

[On Various Shakespearean Characters] •. 454[The Ancient Mariner] . . ., ' . . ' . . . . ! i . . 455

• ,[On Borrowing] 455[PnMetre] 455[On Women] 456;[On Corrupt Language] r. . . 456

• [On Milton] , '.. . -.. 456• [The Three Most Perfect Plots] , .-.... ' .456

CONTEXTS: INDIA AND THE ORIENT -. - . . . . . ' , . . . 457

from Sir William Jones, "A Discourse on the Institution of a Society for Inquiring,into the History, Civil and-Natural, the Antiquities, Arts, Sciences and -n , iLiterature of Asia" : . . . . • . , . ' . . . . ' . . . . ! . . . . " . ; . . . . . - . . . 458

, ' Edmund Burke and the Impeachment of Warren Hastings • . . . , . . 459from Edmund Burke, Speech on the Impeachment of Warren Hastings . . i 459

ix,>> . .from, Warren Hastings, Address in His Defence: sfcO. .!.'. •.r.o.ir.';..;:iC461\r.(rom Elizabeth Wa.mAx.on,..Translations of the Letters of a Hindoo Rai'dhr.s:,A:(W .^. u :X4628tJfrom Anonymous,."Review of.Translationslof the,LettersofiaiHindoo.Rajah,"4yi nldu'A- - >k'ih . from 'TheAnalyticalReview :ivr.:• v:\z465

PciTipu Sultaii,and^t'he British n.i^'/J .̂ '.s.rr.n.e.G .r.C465.from Letter from, Tipu.Sultan to-the GovernoriGeneral: 465

;.; f r o m Declaratwn of,'the.RightHonourabkthejGovernpr-GeneralHn-Council . . . . 4 6 5from Mary Robinson, "The Lascar" 467

. (CONTENTS XVII

from Thomas Macaulay, Min^uieonlndianfEducatiohr::::::.:. .',bv'. -i\ •.^••i^-'. .;:';;468Roger Fen ton , Or ien ta l i s t Studies . . . . . . . . . . a e v i t e .:;U!.;I.^;;; f a.i.:.i.'.s.ft!.r. . 47-1.

from Col. Henry Yule and A.C. Burnell, Hobson-JobsonrA Glossary>df.Colloquial', ,;Anglo-Indian,Words and lPhrdsesrand of Kindred'i7ermsrEtymplogicdl,vHistorical,rv,.:

l". Geographical, and Discursive. ••,:• :<'./~y.h}...:..;i;::!w.y.].i.\ •';;hri': •••,•'.:•* 0; •••• ••••i-. v s s v j . . 473

MARYTIGHE. . . . . . - . . ' . . . . . ;.!.u,.[i'from Psyche; or TheiLegendofLove '. 476

J Sonnet Addressed to My Mother 476'•)••: Psyche :y.!y. • 476

1M0 Canto 1 . . . .••.-,•;•,•.- 476;;;•; from Canto 2 • 477

JANE AUSTEN 479,

, : Lady Susan 481from Pride and Prejudice

Chapter 1 . . . 511; ; Chapter 2 i ; , . 512

Chapter 3,-,; 513,. •••,, Chapter 4 . . . 515;

IN CONTEXT: Austen's Letters ., 517

MATTHEW GREGORY LEWIS 528

The Anaconda 529The Captive 552

CHARLES LAMB (www.broadviewpress.com/babl)

Old China" ' ' - ' " ''.'*',' i ' ' ' 'from On the Tragedies of Shakespeare, Considered with Reference'to Their

Fitness for the Stage ' '' ' • !

Representation ' ' " ' " ' , "

WILLIAM HAZLITT ; ' 555

' from The Spirit of the Age; or Contemporary Portraits '. . . ' . . . . ' 556Mr. Coleridge ' '. . . 556

" '' Mr. Wordsworth . . ; ' ' . . . ' . : .' . ; 563

THOMAS D E QUINCEY 570

from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ' '

(Complete text'available at www.broadviewpress.com/babl)To the Reader' :'. .: ; ; ! ' . '. : : . ' . ' : . ' ! . . . - . . ' [/J::. . ."': : :.'.'. . .'. . 571

" Preliminary Confessions . . . . . " . . . . " . ' . ' . . . . ' ' . ' . ' . .". . V : . : l". ' . . . . 573• from Part 2 v . : : :..'.:.>:.':'...'.:...';. : .• .•• . ' . . ' . . . - . - . . ." . . . :•.: V. : . . ' 574

The Pleasures of Opium .' ' ' 574' Introduction to the Pains of Opium 578

The Pains of Opium 579

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• "i from Suspira de Profundis (www.broadviewpress-.com/babl)' . • .-, " • •- ,:Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow , • •• ;• n . ^ \ ••'. ",\ ,. •'T h e Apparition of.the Brocken •• > .:!.,• ' V .•• . x <v' '

from The Poetry of Pope (www.broadviewpress.com/babl) •'• '-.'!.' »,• . . ' . ' .Literature of Knowledge and Literature of Power' . .-• •.. .v'>• • ' ,

MARY P R I N C E ' . - . . . ' . . 586

The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself • . - . . . ' . . .1.. 587• 'IN CONTEXT: Mary Prince and Slavery : . . • . . / . . . . , . ' .-...:-. 602

Mary Prince's Petition Presented-to Parliament on June 24, 1829 :.'. . 602J- • from Thomas Pringle, Supplement .to The History of Mary Prince . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

•from The Narrative ofAshton Warner • -.".... 606

C O N T E X T S : T H E A B O L I T I O N O F SLAVERY . . . : . . . '.'.;..'. 612

' 'from John Newton, A Slave Trader's Journal : • .'1-613from Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, Thoughts and Sentiments on the EviVarid Wicked^'"

Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species • . ' . . ' . ' - . ; . . . 614f r o m A l e x a n d e r F a l c o n b r i d g e , A c c o u n t o f t h e S l a v e Trade on t h e Coast of Africa . . . . 6 1 4

' ' WilliamCowper, "Sweet Meat HasSour Sauce" or, The Slave-Trader in theDumps : ..• :. . .'.-.'. .'. . 616

from William Wilberforce, "Speech to the House of Commons,'' 13 May 1789'. '. • 617Proponents of Slavery 618

from Rev. Robert Boncher Nicholls, Observations, Occasioned by the Attempts' •Made in England to Effect the Abolition of the Slave Trade '.. '. '. \ . ! '618

from Anonymous, Thoughts on the Slavery of Negroes, as It Affects the BritishColonies in the West Indies: Humbly Submitted to the Consideration of BothHouses of Parliament •.' .619

from GordonTurnbull, An Apology of Negro Slavery; or, the West India Planterst , •Vindicated from the Charge of Inhumanity •.- -.. . 620

from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men .'. , 621Anna Laetitia Barbauld, "Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq., on the Rejection

of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade" .f.,. . 621,•: .William Blake, Images of Slavery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v. . .-.'.. .V. , . , . . . . - . . . . . ' . . . . • . . . . , , 623

.from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On the Slave Trade ...'..... -••,•• 624. f r o m W i l l i a m E a r l e , O b i ; or, the History of Three-Fingered Jack . ..... . . . . . . . .{.r . . 6 2 4

Mary Robinson, Poems on Slavery ' 625"The African" : : . . : ' . . . . .- : . . .;,625-"The Negro Girl" : . ' . . ,;. . . '•;., . . . ' . - . . , . . . , , . . . . ' , . . ' / . . . ' . , . , " ; ..... 625

from Dorothy Wordsworth, The-Grasmefejourn'al '.' '..'. . . ' . . . : : 627

( from Thomas Clarkson, The History of the Rise, Progress'and Accomplishment^ _ ,-of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade . . . . . - „ . ,.,.-.-..,.. 628

- from Matthew Gregory Lewis, Journal of A West India Proprietor 629

C O N T E N T S ' : ! XLX

G E O R G E G O R D O N , L O R D B Y R O N . : . : . . . . . ; 634

Sun of the Sleepless -'y.-':. .•;;;.•! 636She walks in beauty : : . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . : . . . 636W h e n we two parted : ';•: .'. . 6 3 7Stanzas for Music •. .-: : . :-.•: . ..'••637

• from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, (www.bfoadviewpress.com/babl) • ; ' -• - >•. -.-.• . C a n t o the T h i r d - • . • , . ; ' ;>,'•' ..- . . . • .•..> from C a n t o the Fourth . . •-.--•,=•..•

Darkness . ; . •-.••' 638P r o m e t h e u s •.>'.<•:"•. .'•/•. Ui ':'•.*>.'.:. . 1 i 6 3 9

•'•' S o , w e ' l l g o n o m o r e a r o v i n g . . . : ; : ; ; . / . : . • . . v-f.'.. v'i ?<$v 640

•• W h e n a m a n h a t h n o f r e e d o m t o f i g h t f o r a t h o m e . . ' . . ' . ; . ' . 6 4 0

> J a n u a r y 2 2 n d 1 8 4 2 . M i s s o l o n g h i :•'"; . . . . Vi. . : .-... : • . ' 6 4 1

'j E p i s t l e t o A u g u s t a . >t.:«.•a...'. .• .--..• ;-v.;J. . rU . . •;...:"•:.'.•-.\ : 6 4 1

'•- from Don Juan . . . . : : . . . ' . .:.>; ..; :-:••.::.;'. :•: t':\ i . i ; ; . c . ; .;. ::v: "•;'••-.. . . - .o ' : •* . . . 6 4 4

D e d i c a t i o n . . . : . • ; ; ' . . / . . .'••. .... . . . ; J . . . . . 6 4 5

.'-••.- C a n t o 1 . .- . . v . :< ..;^;-.. ,-rJ=o.-:-!•;. ,-i :-,:<ov: .•:.:..--. :'.-•..y. .--.;.••..•.•^W;. . 6 4 7

' • C a n t o 2 ; f / v . . . . . . . ... . ^ ; . . . - . ; ; . . 6 7 5

"' • from C a n t o 3 '. : . : • . . « .v.V-;-.'.';.'1. : i \ ; ; ... V1,-. . . • .:. •.• ; : . v : ; . . . . .--.' .••.-:. \... 7 0 1

f r o m C a n t o 7 . . . -.'. i . . . . .v 7 0 6

from C a n t o 1 1 . •; . . . , . ; j 7 0 7

I N C O N T E X T : Don Juan . . .

"Remarks on Don Juan," from-Blackwood's Magazine 713S e l e c t e d L e t t e r s 7 ; * . - : • } . . :..-<. . :-:iir.-K-: ••. .':••: 7 1 4

from a letter To Francis Hodgson 714= • To1 Lady Byron 715

• To Augusta Leigh ' 715• To Douglas Kinnaird 717

from a letter To John Murray 718'•''' IN CONTEXT:-The Byronic Hero (www.broadviewpfess.com/babl) •• '•-••'• ••- '<"•••"'• ••• f r o m E a s t e r n T a l e s . . • • ' . • . . . \ . - . v - ' < > . < ! : ! . r : r . •.-..:.•' - v . •. •;.. • . . . • { ' . : • • • • < : • . . . . • • :•• .-• .

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY . ; u. : i . *.. 720!

•:VJ t o Wordsworth ?".•(; ;k;a:i.^.-;.;••; ;J. v..-i"722''-'Alas'tor; or,.The Spirit of Solitude . tx-i-i .'.•. . v. . .': 722

' • ' " • • ' M u t a b i l i t y . . > : ' . . . r . - . ; . . . . . . ' . . . . ; •. .;.•.'•.-.'•.••-. ..-.•"••:.•: ...;;• . < • ; • ' , : . & . ; : . r^7 7 3 2

•'-'•'•• Mont Blanc, Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni ;..:•: . . . . . 7321i r H y m n to Intellectual Beauty . . ; . / . ; » . . : . ' i •'... ):•-.: :•/:•.!'. : ' .> . 7 3 4'• ' : O z y m a n d i a s '...•.; ..-.-.. ?•;••;,••?.'.ti.i id ; 7 3 5

O d e to the-West W i n d ..:-..;., . . . : 7 3 6; T h e C l o u d . . . . . . . . . , , . ; ; . . . . . . . , : i : . . . : . . . 737-" To a-Skylark. ...... . . . . . . . .-.-.. .-,'. •• . . ; ; . , . . . r:.-. 738

from Prometheus Unbound (www.broadviewpress.com/babl) •Act-1-- ' - - • • - • • . • ' ; " • • - • • - , •

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Adonais, An Elegy on the Death of.John Keats >..•.'.'.• . . 740

• ' from Hellas ,, ' . . . . 748Chorus ("Worlds on worlds are rolling ever") ,.... '../.>.-.' '. . . .,.' 748

Chorus ("The world's great age begins anew") •. .' .'. .I./749Mutability ("The flower that smiles to-day") 750Stanzas, Written in Dejection - December 1818, near^Naples . . . . % \ . . ,<.'750Sonnet [Lift Not the Painted Veil] 751To Night ' ' 751T o - — r.I. ' '752

' ,The Mask of Anarchy i •..•...-.-,. 752i- Song to the Men of England : . . . . , . . . • . < '. - .759> England in 1819 >...'..'..?. i. . . . i1 . . . . . . . . . ... . .-,760

fromy4 Defence of Poetry ..-. .i... . . . ' . . . : . .'.r. .-.. .•: .1.1 760IN CONTEXT: The Peterloo Massacre •.•..- 769

Robert Shorter, The'Bloody Field of Peterloo! A New Song ' . . : ' . . . .-769Anonymous, A New Song . . .'. '...••'. 770Hibernicus, Stanzas Occasioned by the Manchester Massacre! . .,. .".\ . 772

' ~ , . Anonymous, The Peterloo Man ' .-"....*.. 772. v< 'from Samuel Bamford, Passages in the Life ofa'Radical , . . . . • . - . .t. . 773

Chapter 28 <... . . .«. ... . 773

Chapter 35 i '•• . 773from Chapter 36 , . . ' . . ' . , ' . ' . . . • .- .* ' . . - 775

• from Chapter 39 .• . - . . . . ' .<:.„. .r. . . : '. .*' : ' : . . 775i from John Tyas, An Account of the Events Leading Up to the Massacre . : . - . . . 776

, IN CONTEXT: Youth and Love j . ' . . - . . . , . i . .''.:'.....'...-.•.... 7 7 8Letter to T.J. Hogg '. : . . .v. . . . ' . . 778

' ~ Letter to T.J. Hogg, 1811 I, ..,-.;. .' 779• " Letter to William Godwin, Keswick i • '.-... .,:,' . .i.".. . 781, r IN CONTEXT: Shelley and Keats '.„.r. .'..'. -.,:...- 782

from Letter to the Editor of the Quarterly Review, 1820 . . . . . ' . . , ,..' 782Leigh Hunt on "Mr. Shelley's New Poem Entitled Adonais" ' . . . . . ' . . 783^ > ' • ' '

FELICIA HEMANS ;.,. •. . . • r 785

.. The Homes of England > <:...•..'.,. .»:". .>786The Land of Dreams -'... .-. : : .,.'.787

„<' Evening Prayer at a Girls' School %.'.'.•.'. .j.\788Casablanca . . .• .-..: . r '. ..'.•.,.-.-.. ., .'..,:.'... ., .• 788

t'.6tEhe.Imageun.Lava.-SQV...TLt.His:,../y..«7^t: ".j.f,....?r.civ.ay..•!., J./hhciFffitf&tfhsrh

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iHTi.i HzrruiU •?o YOO.iomi.'jA. f^SpNTENp ,xxi<

JOHN CLARE ; . . . ' ' . . .-• 795

Written in November '.>. . .•. . .•.-. •. '... ' . ' . ' . ...- 796' Remembrances :i..'.,'. . . ; . .- . >....* 796from The Flitting • \ ..-...: 798The Badger ' .•... .• ' ' •..•.. 1 799Written in a Thunder Storm July 15th 1841 ..'.,; .-. 800

. from Child Harold (www.bfoadviewpress.com/babl) y, ' •,-, ,;1 -DonJuanA Poem..,,,,,.. ... , ... ... ............v.r .-....<.. ....v:. :,.. 8001 Sonnet [I am] / .' . .' ..". . 805. "I Am" • !..- •. 805

Clock A Clay '. : . . - . . . - 805To Mary .• 806An Invite to Eternity '. . < • 806

JOHN KEATS •.. .< 807

On First Looking into Chapman's Homer1 . - . . . , . . ' ! 809•On the Grasshopper and Cricket : .'< ,. . : <.. . . . 809

odSleep.and Poetry .- 809^'i'On .Seeing the Elgin Marbles ' 815

On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again 815•.ulWhen I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be 815!'j.'i'Epistle to John Hamilton Reynolds 816

To Homer 817Oili'The Eve of St. Agnes •., 8181KBright Star '. ,824io?La Belle Dame sans Merci . 824v8:La Belle Dame sans Mercy ' . . . .> 825vv.Jncipit altera Sonneta , v .' .' . 825v?POde.to Psyche : i 826

•,-•- Ode.to a Nightingale ' . . . . . ' . . - 827! 0 Ode on a Grecian Urn - .-' 828lOOde on Melancholy . . r l , • .». 829f 0'Ode,on Indolence '. 830fC'To Autumn i .* . . . . ' . . i . . , ' 831CQ'Lamia '. . . - .' , 831COTheFall Of Hyperion, A Dream ; . . .; 841

y-'.,'V\;. Canto 1 i 841c(K; .'.Canto 2 • ., .• ' 847

; ̂ OThis.Living Hand ,.' ; 847l^O'Selected Letters < , ». . . . 848•f?.?.., fib Benjamin Bailey, 22 November l S ^ - - 848,. i V.To George and Thomas Keats, December 1817 ••- ' 849;i ie . To John Hamilton Reynolds, 3 February 1818 • 8-51, !f : , J o John,Taylor,,27 February 1818 852

To Benjamin Bailey, 13 March 1818 852

xxii ^BROADVIEW ANTHOLOGY OFBRITISH LITERATURE

<('h.: To Benjamin,Bailey, 18 July 1818 . . V. . rr::?-. '8531.

?)P\..-,-.To Richard.Woodhouse, 27 October 1818 .'. • •: . . 854

")'•'.\" To George.and Georgiana Keats, 14 February-3 May 1819 i . . ' . : . .<.• 855

W " . To Fanny Brawne, 25 July 1819 >.... ' . 858C^" To PercylByssh'e Shelley, 16 August 1820 \ . -.> 859

008, ; To,Charles Brown, 30 November 1820 . . .< • . . : . . ' - . . : . . . .> . . . ' \ . 859

IN CONTEXT:-Politics, Poetry, and the "Cockney School Debate" .' • . . . . < : 860

008•-, from Leigh.Hunt,."Young Poets" ...:n-::.':.£LA.i\r.i.'Li}ti(.86l; 0<4t from.John Lockhart,('. 'Z."), " O n the Cockney School of Poetry, No.!, lit . 11. s.iar;.o 862• •)' . from John Lockhart ("Z."), ."On the Cockney School of Poetry,, No . 4".. . . •-..:.. 1865•'•: I N C O N T E X T : . T h e Elgin Marbles (www.broadviewpress.com/babl). . .•:,-.• * •'• .'• i•;' •

•':• • , Selected Photographs •-;:.;!'• r.T .

• ;.•-. : from.William .Hazlitt, "Sir Joshua Reynold's Discourses". . • ;.;;>.-.•;;;i •-.••• ••'i-'r-.'

from William Hazlitt, "Report on the Select Commit tee of the House of

. "'••• . . Commons on the.Elgin Marbles". .•,'.: . • . , . . . :. fCJ- .-:-oi

.!', . from.B.R..Haydon, " O n the Judgementof-Go'nhoisseurs.Being P.referred-.to", -, •": .'.•"•..•• . . that of Professional Men—Elg in Marbles e t c . " . : l . " ' . . ; , , - - : . . ' : i , o . . i ,O •'.

' 0 1 N C O N T E X T : T h e Death, of Keats. :;r-..,.'J.!.-..,: :;r-..:866

: ;: ; ' . . Joseph Severn.to.Charles. Brown. •. . v / r i . ..;-.:.'. ...•.•./.-....:•.. ^.866

J O H N W I L L I A M P O L I D O R I ;;: .••. ..••.-.:•;..•.-;•;.•'. l:".-h •.-..•;::•.'.•-.•«:•-. • .-•.•.•.••!.'-'"867

•-.'.The Vampyre:A Tale :. i •:••:•*•; .•.=-.' .--.-.-----:s-.-=.*.=.-:,-.1 •.;. •. :..';.••:; 8 6 8

MARY.SHELLEY; -. : ••;:.-•:.J\ .'.'.w-..-.;."'. •:•;• 8 8 0

^:<ftom.The Last Man*..A.:,.,.:-.. ..v;.<2 .'^:jUf882

i-SE . C h a p t e r 2 9 . .•:,••.-,& brA-d m!:?.::cv.s<l:Ab.ii £.882

C-JIN CONTEXT:,The."LastiMan".Theme'in.the.Nineteenth.Centur.y*r;/.'.»:t.Gr;5.lK »iqi:'.n899

.̂CSHM.Thomas. Campbell, "TheiLast Man," .New,Monthly Magazine. 8. ?fcv.?':U:i.r:h€899

\'!-!8 . from Thomas-Campbell'sLettetrothe,Ediior of the.EdinburgkiReviewfis: o:i -ji:>O '.!

Q-5N. CONTEXT: Shelley's Life and- The Last Man v.iod...adalv1 n.o.:t<hC902

0i.&-^Selected Letters -. -. ".vfjribba! rt.'>.r;bC903

lc« ,4 >••; ToThonias,.jJefferson,Hogg,.,6-March 1815-. .-. &mav\h :>903

If8^t;;To.Thbmas,Jefferson.Hogg,25April.l815 - -;:o

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fj-8;-.wli.To,--Maria.Gisborne,.c.,3.-D.ec..1-81-8..... l.comO. . 904

vNi;G;^ To Maria.Gisbbrne,,9 April 1819 S.o.iaiO. . 905v'i'8 •••;.- ; .)To.Marianne.Hunt,.29Junel819 ht^H :jC>iv;t.!..;v..r.r905

• . - - To Maria Gisborne, 2June 1822 .-..:....:..••'•. 906

- T o M a r i a G i s b o r n e , 15 A u g u s t 1 8 2 2 '<. :-: : . I...-. : . .•": ; . .-. . : . \ ; : , ; . . 9 0 7

" T h e T r a n s f o r m a t i o n ( w w w . b r o a d v i e w p ' r e s s . c o m / b a b i ) ;•• < •"••' i '•-'• --' '•

• T h e M o r t a l I m m o r t a l . . .. .. . : ' . i . .• A C : . . : i . ' . . ' ' . ' . ' . :•'. . : . ' . ' . •.:•..;;. !". ... :- : . - . . . 9 1 1

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C O N T E N T S XXIII

LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON . . . . . . . . ..J-^.)..\.-i X \V.l,.,.-. 918

Lines Written Under^a Picture of a.Girl Burning;a,Lpve Letter,. ..••••• • • • • 919.A Child Screening a Dove from a,Hawk . 9 1 9Love's Last Lesson . . . . . . . ' . . ' . • • • • 920Lines of Life 921Revenge . . . . . . . . . . . : . . : . . . . . .; .' 923The Little Shroud . : .' : . 923

1 The Fairy of the Fountains (www.brbadviewpress.corh'/babl) • •• ' -'• : ' •• '

CONTEXTS: STEAM POWER AND THE MACHINE AGE (www.brbadviewpressxom/babl)

•' from H u m p h r e y D a . v y , A Discourse, I n t r o d u c t o r y t o ' a Course of Lectures o n ' .*••• . ••

'-' C h e m i s t r y '• ' ' ' ' ; ' ' '" •' •'••••''"'• ' •'• ' • • > ' • • " • • > ~-

L u d d i t ' e D o c u m e n t s • - • ' ' • •••'•'• . • • • • ; : - . • . . - • • • • - . * .

Declaration;Noveml)er:;i8\l ' ' •" '• ' • •'. : ' • i ' '- • • ;• ' L e t t e r t o M r . K i r b y , r C o t t o n M a s t e r a t C a n d i s h i s f a c t o r y , A n c o a t e s ( 1 8 1 2 ) ' • ••" •

. ' " G e n e r a l J u s t i c e , " L e t t e r t d ' M r . G a r s i d e , 1 9 - A p r i l [ 1 - 8 1 2 ] -' :'--. ;.••' - -•. I n d u s t r i a l i z a t i o n i n C a n a d a ' ! "" -•' ••••" ' •• •'''.. ' ' t ' 1 " - . ' - • '

'. f r o m Q u e b e c Mercury; 6 N o v e m b e r 1 8 0 9 '•'''•• " ' : ' • ' » ' " ; •'•

•'• f r o m M o n t r e a l G a z e t t e , '6 N o v e m b e r 1 8 2 2 •••''• ' ' -". • ' ' . " • "•'"

" f r o m T h e ' T i m e s , L o n d o n , " T u e s d a y , 2 9 ' N o v e m b e r 1 8 1 4 ' - ' - - "'"• :' •. ; • from R o b e r t O w e n , O b s e r v a t i o n s or,i t h e Effects o f t h e M a n u f a c t u r i n g System . - . - '. " from Thomas'Babingtbri Macaulay ,^ Review ofSouthey's'Colloquies '•'• ' ' ' ' .' -',• . •" ' ' f romFariny ;Kemble; JLetter to H1.', 26August 1830 ' ' •-." '.-. ::- ' ' : r

f r o m H a r r i e t M a r t i n e a u , A Manchester Strike '•*•'<<. • . . : - • -f r o m C h a p t e r 1: T h e W e e k ' s E n d ' - ' .'•'••'• ; - r i r - . • -. .: <

' .' f r o m ' C h a p t e r 5 : N o P r o g r e s s M a d e .' • "• '•• - '^ •• " •-•'".••.

frorri O r e s t e s B r o w n i s b n , ' " T h e L a b o r i n g C l a s s e s " • 7': ' •'"••';'•• • • • ' • . • - ':";- -"•'-•••|': from G e o r g e Rip ley , Let te r" t o R a l p h W a l d o E m e r s o n , B o s t o n , 9 N o v e m b e r ' 1 8 4 0 • •

T H O M A S B E D D O E S ' ( w w w . b r b a d v i e w p r e s s x o m / b a b l ) •'" ' - •• ••'•'- • •O l d A d a m , t h e C a r r i b n C r o w s 1 ' ' •.;•_•••> •-. . ,: .> •..•• ..:• =-•• • . . .- .

S q u a t s o n a T o a d s t o o l ';.' ' ' . . ' • , : • • •. • • . . " . - . ' .''•'••'•

A P P E N D I C E S '• • ' '• • • "• '

READING POETRY '. ".". . .'.'.'. ." . . . ' . . - . . . . . . . ' . 925

M A P S . . ." . ' . . . '• '.'. : -''. 'V • - . . : . . . ' . . - : . . 945MONARCHS AND PRIME MINISTERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . .'.' " . . . . ! . ' . . . . 949GLOSSARY 'OF TERMS • . . . ' . . - . ' . . . . • . i .'. ''. . . . - . - . . ' . . ' . '-... .; 954TEXTS'AND CONTEXTS: CHRONOLOGICAL C H A R T (www.broadviewpress.com/babl) ' '•

BIBLIOGRAPHY (www.broadviewpress.com/babl) * , . - > • • . . >• •PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS :'. • , • ' • • . ' ' . . : . . . . . ' . . . . ' . ' 977

INDLX OF FIRST LINES • . " . . . ' . . . ' . . ' • ' . . : 978

INDEX OF A U T H O R S A N D T I T L E S ' . . . . ' . . . . ' . . . 981