Romanticism and the forms of ruin: wordsworth, coleridge, the modalities of fragmentation
Auteur :
McFarland, Thomas
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691615394
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
649 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Despite their hopeful aspirations to wholeness in life and spirit, Thomas McFarland contends, the Romantics were ruins amidst ruins," fragments of human existence in a disintegrating world. Focusing on Wordsworth and Coleridge, Professor McFarland shows how this was true not only for each of these Romantics in particular but also for Romanticism in