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Apocalypse and Millennium in English Romantic Poetry

Apocalypse and Millennium in English Romantic Poetry

Hardcover

Literary CriticismPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 0198185006
ISBN13: 9780198185000
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Dec 9 1999
Pages: 334
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The interrelationship of apocalypse and millennium is a dominant concern in British Romanticism. The Book of Revelation provides a model of history in which apocalypse is followed by millennium, but the major Romantic poets question the possibility of a successful secularization of this model. Is history developing towards end time and millennium, or is it cyclical and purposeless?

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