A Concise Companion to the Romantic Age provides new perspectives on the relationships between literature and culture in Britain from 1780 to 1830 - Provides original essays from a variety of multi-disciplinary scholars on the Romantic era - Includes fresh insights into such topics as religious controversy and politics, empire and nationalism, and the relationship of Romanticism to modernist aesthetics - Ranges across the Romantic era's literary, visual, and non-fictional genres