Romanticism Revisited
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The Ridiculous Romantics Are Funny, Do You Want to Hear It?
Romantic era coincides with India's takeover really by the British. All these ideas from Indian scripture, from drama and poetry coming in. And it's that whole vision of life from India which people like Coleridge inject into their poetry. How does looking at the East change our idea of the Romantics? Yes, I'm going to trespass a little bit on people's territory tonight.
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