Transatlantic Romanticism: An Anthology of British, American, and Canadian Literature, 1767-1867This eagerly-anticipated anthology offers canonical and non-canonical texts from American, British, and Canadian Romantic writers. This long-overdue anthology of Romantic literature meets the growing demand for a coherent and flexible transatlantic Romantic reader. It offers a range of representative materials by the most central, as well as non-canonical, North American and British figures. Thematic groupings and companion readings, strategically integrated throughout the book, work together to provide lively and illuminating views of the major literary, cultural, and political debates of the transatlantic Romantic century. Accessible and engaging introductions and headnotes lead to an even greater appreciation and understanding of the prose and poetry of the transatlantic Romantic era. This is a two volume shrinkwrapped package. |
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... moral , Hannah More's essays , poetry , and educational books are fueled by her concern with the social and moral wellbeing of England . Her father , a schoolmaster , saw that his five daughters were well educated . His three eldest ...
... moral principle , and often cower before its still deep menacing voice . No part of self - knowledge is more important than to discern clearly these two great principles , the self - seeking and the disinterested ; and the most ...
... moral good is the imagination ; and poetry administers to the effect by acting upon the cause . Poetry enlarges the circumference of the imagination by replenishing it with thoughts of ever new delight , which have the power of ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 17061790 | 25 |
SAMSON OCCOM 17231792 | 40 |
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