Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter1. The Pleasures of Poetry -- Chapter2. Solitude and Sociability -- Chapter3. Common Concerns and Cultural Connections -- Chapter4. Traditions and Transformations: Poets as Readers -- Chapter5. Reading or Listening? Romantic Voices -- Chapter6. Sweet Sounds -- Chapter7. Poems on Pages.

Reading Romantic Poetry introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period convulsed by revolution, prolonged warfare and political crisis. Provides a clear, lively introduction to Romantic Poetry, backed by academic research and marked by its accessibility to students with little prior experience of poetry. Introduces many of the major topics of the age, from politics to publishing, from slavery to sociability.