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From: Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature: The Romantic School in Germany[Brandes, a Danish literary critic and biographer, was the principal leader of the intellectual movement that helped to bring an end to Scandinavian cultural isolation. He believed that literature reflects the spirit and...
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From: Lord Byron and His Contemporaries: Essays from the Sixth International Byron Seminar[(essay date 1982) In the following essay, Treugutt analyzes the influence of Byron--as a symbol of individualism, revolt, and the worship of freedom--and of Napoleon--as a "poet of action," although one who failed to...
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From: Early Romantics: Perspectives in British Poetry from Pope to Wordsworth[(essay date 1998) In the following essay, Burke studies Yearsley's poetry with respect to the eighteenth-century conceptualization of genius, while focusing on the discourse of class and gender suppression contained in...
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From: From Sensibility to Romanticism: Essays Presented to Frederick A. Pottle[(essay date 1965) In the following excerpt, Abrams examines a mystery that has puzzled many literary scholars; that is, why such a minor poet as Bowles would inspire such enthusiastic praise from major Romantic poets,...
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From: HispaniaMartínez Sierra lays special stress upon the sincerity of his productions. His writings are true to nature and true to art. They deal only with the simple, everyday events of life.... With light, seeming trivial...
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From: Charles Lamb Bulletin[(essay date October 2001) In the following essay, Eberle-Sinatra offers an overview of contemporary criticism of Hunt's The Story of Rimini.] 1816 was arguably the most significant year in Leigh Hunt's career as a...
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From: The Rural Tradition in the English Novel: 1900-1939[An English poet, critic, and former Anglican cleric, Cavaliero is a member of the Faculty of English at Cambridge. A well-read critic, he is the author of acclaimed studies of the works of E. M. Forster, John Cowper...
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From: English Language Notes[(essay date September 1997) In the following essay, Caton posits that DeLillo's characterization of Jack Gladney in White Noise epitomizes Romantic sensibilities despite the postmodern tenor of the novel's themes.] A...
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From: English Language Notes[(essay date September 1997) In the following essay, Caton surveys romantic elements of the characterization of Jack Gladney in White Noise.] A critical exploration of romanticism in Don DeLillo's eighth novel White...
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From: The Snake Lady and Other Stories[(essay date 1954) In the following excerpt from the introduction to Lee's short story collection, Gregory examines thematic and stylistic aspects of Lee's fiction.] It was a clever, bookish, studious child who in 1880...
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From: Huntington Library Quarterly[(essay date 1949) In the following essay, Jones discusses the importance of Montagu's letters and what they reveal about her. He also examines several unpublished pieces of correspondence in terms of the literary theory...
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From: European Romantic Review[(essay date 1998) In the following essay, Raycroft examines Smith's long absence from the literary canon and her recent reinstatement as one of the earliest Romantic poets.] I This essay is primarily about writing...
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From: The American Renaissance: New Dimensions[(essay date 1983) In the following essay, Siebers maintains that Hawthorne utilizes the literary traditions of Gothicism and Romanticism in his stories in order to critique New England's history of witch trials.]...
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From: Kentucky Romance Quarterly[(essay date 1973) In the following essay, McGaha suggests that the romantic qualities of Martínez de la Rosa's drama La conjuración de Venecia are relatively slight and that the playwright was essentially a...
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From: The Wordsworth Circle[(essay date winter 1978) In the following essay, Davis finds that Wordsworth's journals investigate some of the philosophical implications of the picturesque.] Essentially an eighteenth-century aesthetic, the...
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From: Nottingham French Studies[(essay date May 1972) In the following essay, King acknowledges that La Confession d'un enfant du siècle is a decidedly Romantic work featuring Musset's projection of the post-Napoleonic social malaise in France and...
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From: Thomas Lovell Beddoes[(essay date 1985) In the following essay, Thompson explores the major themes of The Brides' Tragedy as well as several of his incomplete dramas.] As we approach an examination of Beddoes's The Brides' Tragedy and...
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From: Sewanee Review[(essay date spring 1998) In the essay below, Allison examines the political and literary context surrounding Heaney's evolution as a poet.] Seamus Heaney won the Nobel prize for literature in 1995, receiving a fanfare...
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From: Spectator[(review date 2 February 2002) In the following review, de Lisle faults Girl from the South as a painfully boring read, but assures readers that fans of Trollope's writing will probably enjoy the novel.] I had some...
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From: Poem & Symbol: A Brief History of French Symbolism
"The Background of Symbolism: From Romanticism to Art for Art's Sake," and "The Legacy of Symbolism"
[(essay date 1990) In the following excerpt, Fowlie examines the relationship between Parnassian l'art pour l'art, literary Decadence, and Symbolist poetry, then summarizes the enduring influence of French Symbolist...