TY - BOOK ID - 77902960 TI - Romanticism and the Forms of Ruin PY - 2014 SN - 069161539X 1400855969 9781400855964 0691642877 PB - Princeton, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 -- Criticism and interpretation. KW - English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism. KW - Romanticism. KW - Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation. KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - English Literature KW - English poetry KW - Poetry. KW - History and criticism. KW - Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, KW - Wordsworth, William, KW - Criticism and interpretation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77902960 AB - Despite their hopeful aspirations to wholeness in life and spirit, Thomas McFarland contends, the Romantics were ruins amidst ruins," fragments of human existence in a disintegrating world. Focusing on Wordsworth and Coleridge, Professor McFarland shows how this was true not only for each of these Romantics in particular but also for Romanticism in general.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -