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Elizabeth
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“The late 18th century witnessed the birth of the belief that nothing matters more to us as human beings than our sensations, our feelings, and accordingly the notion that individualism and an individual’s ideals—whatever they may be—define our freedom and our modernity” (213).
Underlining basically the whole chapter about Wordsworth and Coleridge’s time in Germany learning about Romanticism.
— Jul 19, 2026 02:17PM
Underlining basically the whole chapter about Wordsworth and Coleridge’s time in Germany learning about Romanticism.
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Elizabeth
is on page 472 of 608
Absolutely fascinating that so much of the national parks movements in both Britain and the US can be traced back to the influence that Wordsworth had on his readers. John Muir, for instance, was a huge fan, Wordsworth being a poet of the sublime beauty of wild places.
— Aug 04, 2026 11:53AM
Elizabeth
is on page 343 of 608
Fascinating! Bate also explores the emergence of another literary form in the late 1700s: the travel guide!! I kept thinking of Pride and Prejudice since the travel guides were often about the Lakes and of course Wordsworth came to be known as a Lakes poet. Sooo interesting.
— Jul 29, 2026 01:54PM
Elizabeth
is on page 316 of 608
French critic Hippolyte Taine writes in 1864: “On the eve of the 19th century began in Europe the great modern revolution. The thinking public and the human mind changed…then was manifest the disease of the age…discontent with the present, the vague desire of a higher beauty, and an ideal happiness, the painful aspiration for the infinite…” (316-317).
— Jul 29, 2026 12:54PM
Elizabeth
is on page 314 of 608
A history of Romanticism in chapter 14. I am so here for it! 💃🏻
— Jul 29, 2026 12:37PM