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Routledge
Romanticism is, and always has been, one of the most hotly contested terms in literary and cultural history. Many of the writers now described as Romantic refused to be defined by the word: 'it would be such bad taste', said Byron in 1820. Lovejoy spoke of a plurality of ‘romanticisms’, born of distinct thought complexes, whilst René Wellek argued that literatures labelled Romantic... Read more
Volume 1. Definitions and Romantic Form Volume 2. Romanticism and History Volume 3. Romanticism and the Margins Volume 4. Romanticism, Belief and Philosophy
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