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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... seems in general to be necessary . When we know the full extent of any danger , when we can accustom our eyes to it , a great deal of the apprehension vanishes . Every one will be sensible of this , who considers how greatly night adds ...
... seems to contain only the mind that formed , and the mind that contemplates it ! These are not the weak responses of ceremonial devotion ; nor , to express them , would the poet need another poet's aid : his heart burns within him , and ...
... seems , that the soul , in all its higher actions , in original thought , in the creations of genius , in the soarings of imagination , in its love of beauty and grandeur , in its aspirations after a pure and unknown joy , and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 17061790 | 25 |
SAMSON OCCOM 17231792 | 40 |
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