Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians

[Monte Davis]

Pretty safe to say it's Hannah's view.

Less safe to say it's Stoppard's view.

Not at all safe to say it's mine.
On May 17, 2014 8:41 PM, "Mark Thibodeau" <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pshaw. That's a pretty petty and dismissive summation of what the
> Romantics ultimately gave us, wouldn't you say? I think Sir Isaiah
> Berlin might have a quibble or two with you on this count.
>
> YOPJerky
>
> On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > "The whole Romantic sham, Bernard! It's what happened to the
> Enlightenment,
> > isn't it? A century of intellectual rigour turned in on itself. A mind in
> > chaos suspected of genius. In a setting of cheap thrills and false
> emotion."
> >
> > Hannah, in Stoppard's "Acadia"I
> >
> > On May 17, 2014 5:26 AM, "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.openculture.com/2014/05/the-british-library-puts-online-1200-romantic-and-victorian-literary-treasures.html
>
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