Introduction: the companionable forms of Romantic poetry James Chandler and Maureen N. McLane-- 1. The living pantheon of poets in 1820: pantheon or canon? Jeffrey N. Cox-- 2. Romantic poetry and antiquity Nick Groom-- 3. Romantic meter and form Susan Stewart-- 4. Romantic poetry and the standardisation of English Andrew Elfenbein-- 5. Thinking in verse Simon Jarvis-- 6. Romantic poetry and the romantic novel Ann Wierda Rowland-- 7. Wordsworth's Great Ode: Romanticism and the progress of poetry James Chandler-- 8. Romantic poetry, sexuality, gender Adriana Craciun-- 9. Poetry peripheries and empire Tim Fulford-- 10. Romantic poetry and the science of nostalgia Kevis Goodman-- 11. Rethinking Romantic poetry and history: lyric resistance, lyric seduction William Keach-- 12. The medium of Romantic poetry Celeste Langan and Maureen N. McLane-- 13. Romantic poets and contemporary poetry Andrew Bennett-- Index.