The Romantics Reviewed: Contemporary Reviews of British Romantic Writers. Part C: Shelley, Keats and London Radical Writers - Volume IIFirst published in 1972, this volume contains contemporary British periodical reviews of Shelley, Keats and London Radical Writers, including William Godwin, Leigh Hunt and Mary Shelley, in publications from Gentleman’s Magazine to the Theological Inquirer. Introductions to each periodical provide brief sketches of each publication as well as names, dates and bibliographical information. Headnotes offer bibliographical data of the reviews and suggested approaches to studying them. This book will be of interest to those studying the Romantics and English literature. |
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The able crimes of human society , we multitude killed the mother and the child . should seek it in the work , of certain Poets who have lately visited the Rosalind's tale hangs on the favour . Lake of Geneva . ite and horrid incident ...
The able crimes of human society , we multitude killed the mother and the child . should seek it in the work , of certain Poets who have lately visited the Rosalind's tale hangs on the favour . Lake of Geneva . ite and horrid incident ...
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... crime ilad been invented , in the world's young prine , Reared it , a wonder of that simple time , An envy of tlie isles , a pleasure - house Mlade sacred to his sister and liis spouse . li scarce seems now a wreck of human art .
... crime ilad been invented , in the world's young prine , Reared it , a wonder of that simple time , An envy of tlie isles , a pleasure - house Mlade sacred to his sister and liis spouse . li scarce seems now a wreck of human art .
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... to frighten them from their hold , but gave them their answer if he found it of no arail , so it is with these stories . They are the Gods wrestling with us in fearful shapes . Their final aspect is patient , human , and oracular .
... to frighten them from their hold , but gave them their answer if he found it of no arail , so it is with these stories . They are the Gods wrestling with us in fearful shapes . Their final aspect is patient , human , and oracular .
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“ The highest moral purpose aimed at in the highest species of the drama , is the teaching the human heart , through its sympathies and antipathies , the knowledge of itself ; in proportion to the possession of which knowledge , every ...
“ The highest moral purpose aimed at in the highest species of the drama , is the teaching the human heart , through its sympathies and antipathies , the knowledge of itself ; in proportion to the possession of which knowledge , every ...
Page 477
If any feeling less great and spiritual , any dread of a pettier pain , appears at last to be suffered by the author to mingle with it , a little common frailty and inconsistency only renders the character more human , and ...
If any feeling less great and spiritual , any dread of a pettier pain , appears at last to be suffered by the author to mingle with it , a little common frailty and inconsistency only renders the character more human , and ...
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