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A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century

By Henry A. Beers
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A series of revised college lectures that defines romanticism as a modern revival of medieval life and thought and then maps its manifestations in eighteenth‑century English letters. The author surveys tensions between Augustan classicism and emergent romantic tendencies, examines Spenserian and Miltonic revivals, landscape poetry, Warton's circle, the Gothic revival, ballad collecting, Ossian and Chatterton, and the German influence. Emphasis is placed on the movement's gradual, scattered development in England rather than on any unified school, and the author notes the volume's selective scope and limitations.

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Henry A. Beers

Henry A. Beers was an American author, literary critic, and scholar known for his contributions to the study of English and American literature. His notable works include "A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century" and "A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century," which explore the evolution of literary movements during these periods. Beers also wrote essays and studies that reflect on significant literary figures, as seen in his book "Four Americans: Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman." His scholarship has been influential in understanding the context and development of American letters.

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