Includes bibliographical references (pages 678-748) and index.
pt. I : The ends of Enlightenment -- Sentiment and sensibility / John Brewer -- Antiquarianism, balladry and the rehabilitation of romance / Susan Manning -- Romantics and the political economists / Catherine Gallagher -- Problem of periodization : Enlightenment, Romanticism and the fate of system / Clifford Siskin -- pt. II : Geographies : the scenes of literary life -- London in the 1790s / John Barrell -- Edinburgh and lowland Scotland / Ian Duncan -- Romantic Ireland : 1750-1845 / Luke Gibbons -- France, Germany, America / David Simpson -- 'Warm south' / Esther Schor -- Country matters / W.J.T. Mitchell -- Romanticism and the wider world : poetry, travel literature and empire / Nigel Leask -- Homes of England / Margot Finn -- Writing, reading and the scenes of war / Mary A Favret -- Regency London / Simon During --
pt. III : Histories writing in the new movements.--Rebellion, revolution, reform : the transit of the intellectuals / Anne Janowitz -- Changes in the world of publishing / Adrian Johns -- New poetries / Susan J. Wolfson -- Romanticism and poetic autonomy / Paul Hamilton -- Transformations of the novel, I / Diedre Lynch -- Transformations of the novel, II / Ina Ferris -- Theatre, performance and urban spectacle / Julie Carlson -- Epigenesis of genre : new forms from old / Tilottama Rajan -- Literature of the new sciences / Jan Golinski -- Making of child readers / Katie Trumpener -- pt. IV : The ends of Romanticism.--Representation restructured / Frances Ferguson -- Romantic cultural imperialism / Saree Makdisi -- Romanticism and religious modernity : from natural supernaturalism to literary sectarianism / Kevin Gilmartin -- Is Romanticism finished? / Jerome McGann