Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians

[Mark Thibodeau]

But you are quoting it for a reason, no?  ;-)

In any case, it's all good.

YOPJerky

On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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