A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A Beers

A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A Beers

Historians of French and German literature are accustomed to set off a period, or a division of their subject, and entitle it Romanticism or the Romantic School. Writers of English literary history, while recognizing the importance of England's share in this great movement in European letters, have not generally accorded it a place by itself in the arrangement of their subject-matter, but have treated it cursively, as a tendency present in the work of individual authors; and have maintained a simple chronological division of eras into the Georgian, , the Victorian, etc. The reason of this is perhaps to be found in the fact that, although Romanticism began earlier in England than on the Continent and lent quite as much as it borrowed in the international exchange of literary commodities, the native movement was more gradual and scattered. It never reached so compact a shape, or came so definitely to a head, as in Germany or France. There never was precisely a romantic school or an all-pervading romantic fashion in England.

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Title	A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
Author	Henry A Beers
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Legare Street Press
Year published	2022-10-27
Number of pages	374
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