British Romanticism and Prison Reform is the first full-length study to explore and define the close relationship between British Romantic literary texts, on th

In eighteenth-century Britain, criminals were routinely whipped, branded, hanged, or transported to America. Only in the last quarter of the century—with the

A unique introduction, guide, and reference work for students and readers of Romantic literature, consisting of eleven original essays.

The Oxford Handbook of British Romantic Prose is a full-length essay collection devoted entirely to British Romantic nonfiction prose. Organized into eight part

This timely anthology offers a broad selection of critical texts - introductions, prefaces, periodical essays, literary reviews - written by women of the Romant