Romanticism and the Forms of Ruin

Romanticism and the Forms of Ruin
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 468
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ISBN-10 : 9781400855964
ISBN-13 : 1400855969
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Book Synopsis Romanticism and the Forms of Ruin by : Thomas McFarland

Download or read book Romanticism and the Forms of Ruin written by Thomas McFarland and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 general. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


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