Romanticism and the Forms of Ruin

Wordsworth, Coleridge, the Modalities of Fragmentation

Bibliographic Data

ID19949012
AuthorsThomas Mcfarland (corresponding author)
Year1981
Pages468
Publication date1981-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueRomanticism and the Forms of Ruin (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPrinceton University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1515/9781400855964
OpenAlexW2345412854
Open LibraryOL29236179M
ISBN9781400855964
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited1

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

Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Romanticism · Australian History and Society · History · Irish and British Studies · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Philosophy · 19th century · Criticism and interpretation · English poetry · History and criticism · Poetry · Poetry (poetic works by one author) · samuel taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) · william Wordsworth (1770-1850)

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