Title Apocalypse and millennium in English romantic poetry / Morton D. Paley

Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 323 pages) : facsimiles Series OUP E-Books Contents 1. Blake -- 2. Coleridge -- 3. Wordsworth -- 4. Byron -- 5. Shelley -- 6. Keats Summary The interrelationship of apocalypse and millennium is a dominant concern of British Romanticism. This subject matter is traced through a selection of works by major poets who at times were happy to undermine the central catastrophic message of Revelation whilst expressing doubt about the ensuing millennium Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-309) and index Notes Print version record Subject English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century End of the world in literature. Millennialism in literature. Romanticism -- Great Britain Millennium (Eschatology) in literature. Apocalypse in literature. Apocalypse in literature. Apocalyptic literature. End of the world in literature. English poetry. Literature and history. Millennialism in literature. Millennium (Eschatology) in literature. Romanticism. Great Britain. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191698828 0191698822 9786610766567 6610766568 9780198185000 0198185006

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