![]() | Romanticism and the Forms of Ruin: Wordsworth, Coleridge, the Modalities of Fragmentation: Wordsworth, Coleridge, the Modalities of Fragmentation Subjects: English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Romanticism; Wordsworth William 1770-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation; Coleridge Samuel Taylor 1772-1834 -- Criticism and interpretation; Poetry; 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. |
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