Download or read book Romanticism and the Museum written by E. Peacocke and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romanticism and the Museum argues that museums were integral to Britain's understanding of itself as a nation in the wake of the French Revolution. It features Wordsworth, Scott, Edgeworth, and literary periodicals featuring Byron and Horace Smith.