The Romantics Reviewed: Contemporary Reviews of British Romantic Writers. Part A: The Lake Poets - Volume IIFirst published in 1972, this volume contains contemporary British periodical reviews of the Lake Poets, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey and Lamb, in publications from the Edinburgh Review to Variety. 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 language of passion , indeed , can scarcely be deficient in clevation ; and when an author is wanting in that particular , he may commonly be presumed to have failed in the truth , as well as in the dignity of his expression .
The language of passion , indeed , can scarcely be deficient in clevation ; and when an author is wanting in that particular , he may commonly be presumed to have failed in the truth , as well as in the dignity of his expression .
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After all , it must be admitted , that there is a class or persons The truth is , that it is impossible to copy their diction or their ( we are afraid they cannot be called readers ) , to whom the refentiments correctly , in a serious ...
After all , it must be admitted , that there is a class or persons The truth is , that it is impossible to copy their diction or their ( we are afraid they cannot be called readers ) , to whom the refentiments correctly , in a serious ...
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... and aiming many a deadly blow at that life on which his own was dependent . If the innocent characters in this poem were not delineated with more truth and feeling , the notoriety of the author would scarcely have induced us to ...
... and aiming many a deadly blow at that life on which his own was dependent . If the innocent characters in this poem were not delineated with more truth and feeling , the notoriety of the author would scarcely have induced us to ...
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Oct among half as many individuals , we shall admit that Mr Wordsworth has come much nearer the truth in his judgment of what constitutes the charm of poetry , than we had previously imaginal -- and shall institute a more serious and ...
Oct among half as many individuals , we shall admit that Mr Wordsworth has come much nearer the truth in his judgment of what constitutes the charm of poetry , than we had previously imaginal -- and shall institute a more serious and ...
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... maintained experimentally , in order to display talent , and court notoriety ; -and so maintained , with no more serious belief in their truth , than is usually generated by an ingenious and animated defence of other paradoxes .
... maintained experimentally , in order to display talent , and court notoriety ; -and so maintained , with no more serious belief in their truth , than is usually generated by an ingenious and animated defence of other paradoxes .
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| Title | The Romantics Reviewed: Contemporary Reviews of British Romantic Writers. Part A: The Lake Poets - Volume II Routledge Revivals: The Romantics Reviewed |
| Editor | Donald H. Reiman |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2017 |
| ISBN | 1134884966, 9781134884964 |
| Length | 485 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / Modern / 18th Century |
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