ABSTRACT
This anthology offers a selection of the parodic verse of the Romantic period, as well as parody representative of the period immediately before 1789 and several Victorian parodies which engage critically with Romantic period poetry It aims to combine familiar examples of Romantic period parody (the Peter Bell parodies of 1819, selections from Hogg’s Poetic Mirror) with hitherto little-known material (by Rose, Smith, Stephens, Wolcot and several anonymous contributors to periodicals). It is not the intention of this introduction to rehearse the critical arguments of the general introduction to Parodies of the Romantic Age and, furthermore, each item has been provided with an extensive introductory note which aims to be both critical and contextual. However, a few general points regarding the selection of material for the volume might usefully be made.
