Why are there so few 'happily ever afters' in the Romantic-period verse romance? Why do so many poets utilise the romance and its parts to such devastating effect? Why is gender so often the first victim? The Romantic Paradox investigates the prevalence of death in the poetic romances of the Della Cruscans, Coleridge, Keats, Mary Robinson, Felicia Hemans, Letitia Landon, and Byron, and posits that understanding the romance and its violent tendencies is vital to understanding Romanticism itself.

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Jacqueline M. Labbe is Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Poetry at the University of Warwick.

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Acknowledgements Introduction Reviving the Romance: What's Love Got To Do With It? Sexing the Romance: The Erotic Violence of the Della Cruscans Failing the Romance: Coleridge, Keats and the Wilted Hero Interrupting the Romance: Robinson, Hemans and Dead Men Transforming the Romance: The Murderous Worlds of Byron and Landon Notes Bibliography Index