The Romantics saw the literary imagination as a powerful transformational force.
Tag Archives: Romanticism
Imagination’s Transformative Power
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged M.H. Abrams, Mirror and the Lamp, Preface to Lyrical Ballads, Tintern Abbey, William Wordsworth Comments closed
The Pleasure of a Pathless Wood
For Americans, wilderness is a more unkempt affair than it for Europeans.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alexander Pope, Childe Harold, Evangeline, forests, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lord Byron, Nature, wilderness, Windsor Forest Comments closed
Marianne’s Passion for Dead Leaves
In “Sense and Sensibility,” Austen gets us to reflect on the attractions and dangers of Nature.
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Romanticism, Classicism, and Football
Peyton Manning Note: I owe the underlying idea for this post to a reader contribution to Stampede Blue, an Indianapolis Colts fan website. I have combed through Stampede Blue’s archives and haven’t been able to locate the original post. If anyone has seen it, I ask that they let me know and I’ll give proper […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "I burn my candle at both ends", Classicism, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Football, Indianapolis Colts, Sports Comments closed
