WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

CONTENTS

I.[COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERIOD]
II.[NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS]
III.[THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND]
IV.[THE BEGINNINGS OF NATURALISM]
V.[STRENGTH AND SINCERITY OF THE LOVE OF NATURE]
VI.[RURAL LIFE AND ITS POETRY]
VII.[NATURALISTIC ROMANTICISM]
VIII.[THE LAKE SCHOOL'S CONCEPTION OF LIBERTY]
IX.[THE LAKE SCHOOL'S ORIENTAL ROMANTICISM]
X.[HISTORICAL NATURALISM]
XI.[ALL-EMBRACING SENSUOUSNESS]
XII.[THE POETRY OF IRISH OPPOSITION AND REVOLT]
XIII.[EROTIC LYRIC POETRY]
XIV.[THE BRITISH SPIRIT OF FREEDOM]
XV.[REPUBLICAN HUMANISM]
XVI.[RADICAL NATURALISM]
XVII.[BYRON: THE PASSIONATE PERSONALITY]
XVIII.[BYRON: THE PASSIONATE PERSONALITY—(Continued)]
XIX.[BYRON: HIS SELF-ABSORPTION]
XX.[BYRON: THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT]
XXI.[COMIC AND TRAGIC REALISM]
XXII.[CULMINATION OF NATURALISM]
XXIII.[BYRON'S DEATH]
XXIV.[CONCLUSION]

LIST OF PORTRAITS
[WORDSWORTH]
[COLERIDGE]
[SCOTT]
[KEATS]
[MOORE]
[SHELLEY]
[BYRON]