Re-establishes the enduring presence and value of classical
literature in the Romantic era The Call of Classical Literature in
the Romantic Age reveals the extent to which writers now called
romantic venerate and use classical texts to transform lyric and
narrative poetry, the novel, mythology, politics, and issues of
race and slavery, as well as to provide models for their own
literary careers and personal lives. On both sides of the Atlantic
the classics--including the surprising influence of Hebrew,
regarded as a classical language--play a major role in what becomes
labeled romanticism only later in the nineteenth century. The
relation between classic and romantic is not one of opposition but
subtle interpenetration and mutual transformation. While romantic
writers regard what they are doing as new, this attitude in no way
prompts them to abjure valuable lessons of genre, expression, and
judgment flowing from the classical authors they love. This volume
disturbs categories that have become too settled. Key Features
Includes in almost equal proportion British and American authors
and is transatlantic in scope Moves well beyond the five canonical
British romantic poets, on whom considerable work has been done
concerning their relation to classical literature Includes studies
of African American and women writers
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