Here is a fantastic quote from the wondefully named Professor Hoxie N. Fairchild, Religious Trends in English Poetry:
"...romanticism of the 1780-1830 period is simply Protestant Christianity in a more or less delightfully phosphorescent state of decay."
That quote is like a great behind-the-back pass: not only is it pretty, it's true, yo.
And that's not just Shelley or Blake, my people, that's Wordsworth we're talking as well; heck, let's include German romanticism and those freaky Americans like Emerson in there as well.
Mushrooms phosphoresce delightfully, but we could also make a wonderful salad...marinade some champignones and onions in olive oil and vinegar...hmmm.
"...romanticism of the 1780-1830 period is simply Protestant Christianity in a more or less delightfully phosphorescent state of decay."
That quote is like a great behind-the-back pass: not only is it pretty, it's true, yo.
And that's not just Shelley or Blake, my people, that's Wordsworth we're talking as well; heck, let's include German romanticism and those freaky Americans like Emerson in there as well.
Mushrooms phosphoresce delightfully, but we could also make a wonderful salad...marinade some champignones and onions in olive oil and vinegar...hmmm.
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