J R WATSON, is Professor of English in the University of Durham. His publications include Wordsworth's Vital Soul (1982), English Poetry of the Romantic Period (1985) and the Casebook on Browning's 'Men and Women' and Other Poems.

• General Editor's PrefaceIntroductionPART 1: 18TH, 19TH & EARLY 20TH CENTURY CRITICISMPART 2: FROM AUGUSTAN TO ROMANTICPoetics and Poetic DictionNature, Landscape and DescriptionPoetry and SocietyPoetry and ReligionThe Self and the ImaginationSelect BibliographyNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIndex

J R WATSON, is Professor of English in the University of Durham. His publications include Wordsworth's Vital Soul (1982), English Poetry of the Romantic Period (1985) and the Casebook on Browning's 'Men and Women' and Other Poems.

• General Editor's PrefaceIntroductionPART 1: 18TH, 19TH & EARLY 20TH CENTURY CRITICISMPART 2: FROM AUGUSTAN TO ROMANTICPoetics and Poetic DictionNature, Landscape and DescriptionPoetry and SocietyPoetry and ReligionThe Self and the ImaginationSelect BibliographyNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIndex

J R WATSON, is Professor of English in the University of Durham. His publications include Wordsworth's Vital Soul (1982), English Poetry of the Romantic Period (1985) and the Casebook on Browning's 'Men and Women' and Other Poems.

• General Editor's PrefaceIntroductionPART 1: 18TH, 19TH & EARLY 20TH CENTURY CRITICISMPART 2: FROM AUGUSTAN TO ROMANTICPoetics and Poetic DictionNature, Landscape and DescriptionPoetry and SocietyPoetry and ReligionThe Self and the ImaginationSelect BibliographyNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIndex