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Of course the romantic attack upon Pope was not regrettable nor was it aimless . It was the symptom of a change and the sign of a new vitality . The romantics built anew , and it was necessary , as they advanced , to clear away the ...
Of course the romantic attack upon Pope was not regrettable nor was it aimless . It was the symptom of a change and the sign of a new vitality . The romantics built anew , and it was necessary , as they advanced , to clear away the ...
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The romantics , by and large , claimed to do great things , and when they failed their failure was the more ignominious . On the one hand , their cry was for the greater passions of man , and , on the other , in their nature poetry they ...
The romantics , by and large , claimed to do great things , and when they failed their failure was the more ignominious . On the one hand , their cry was for the greater passions of man , and , on the other , in their nature poetry they ...
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Romantic persons like Lady Blessington were piqued and disappointed at his frivolous comments upon poetry ; they seem to have believed that he should speak of it with bated breath or ...
Romantic persons like Lady Blessington were piqued and disappointed at his frivolous comments upon poetry ; they seem to have believed that he should speak of it with bated breath or ...
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| Title | Byron: Romantic Paradox |
| Author | William Jonathan Calvert |
| Edition | reprint, reissue |
| Publisher | Russell & Russell, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 235 pages |
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