
Some Sources of Romanticism: 6 – The Lasting Effects
Isaiah Berlin
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Romotic Obedience, Sweet to the Vile Heart of the Classical
Byronism became almost synonymous with romanticism in the early nineteenth century. Chateaubrian is half respectful and half ironical towards this movement. The french antics, from hugo onwards, are really, in a certain sense, disciples of byron. Although gece said that his later works and his life belied it, byron acted his beliefs in the most convincing fashion.
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