Unruly Times: Wordsworth and Coleridge in Their Time A. S. Byatt
Against the background of major changes, in society, politics, education and literature the author charts the personal lives of Wordsworth and Coleridge and traces the growth of their ideas. It also offers insights into other romantic writers - Southey, de Quincy, Lamb, Hazlott, Byron and Keats. The author also wrote The Virgin in the Garden, Still Life, Sugar and Other Stories and Possession.