Download or read book The Romantic Imagination and Astronomy written by Dometa Wiegand Brothers and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century the beauty of the night sky is the source of both imaginative wonder in poetry and political and commercial power through navigation. The Romantic Imagination and Astronomy examines the impact of astronomical discovery and imperial exploration on poets including Barbauld, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Rossetti.