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Wildly Romantic: The English Romantic Poets: The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous
262 pp.
| Holt |
April, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-7783-4$16.95
(4)
YA
Poems by Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats are interspersed with biographical information, anecdotes, and quotations. Andronik's use of slang (burnout, wannabe) is jarring against the sharp writing of the source materials, and more analysis of the poetry would have been welcome. But the book is well organized and readers will enjoy learning about the interrelationships among the poets. Reading list, websites. Bib., ind.