The Beginnings of the English Romantic Movement a Study in Eighteenth Century L
The Beginnings of the English Romantic Movement a Study in Eighteenth Century L
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1 History of tlie Gothic Revival^ page 42 ct seq.
104 THE ENGLISH ROMANTIC MOVEMENT.
winding round a prodigious mountain, and surrounded with others, all shagged with hanging woods, obscured with pines, or lost in clouds ! Below, a torrent breaking through cliffs, and tumbling through fragments of rocks ! Sheets of cascades forcing their silver speed down channelled precipices, and hasting into the roughened river at the bottom ! Now and then an old foot-bridge, with a broken rail, a leaning cr...oss, a cottage, or the ruin of an hermitage ! This sounds too bombast and too romantic to one that has not seen it, too cold for one that has. " ' It was about 1750 that Walpole began to erect the building afterward so famous as Strawberry Hill. He wrote to Sir Horace Mann, January 10, 1750, " I am going to build a little gothic castle at Strawberry Hill. " After this date his letters contain many references to the " castle " and to "gothic " things in general. In another letter to Mann, February 25, 1750, he explained and defended his tastes.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
1 History of tlie Gothic Revival^ page 42 ct seq.
104 THE ENGLISH ROMANTIC MOVEMENT.
winding round a prodigious mountain, and surrounded with others, all shagged with hanging woods, obscured with pines, or lost in clouds ! Below, a torrent breaking through cliffs, and tumbling through fragments of rocks ! Sheets of cascades forcing their silver speed down channelled precipices, and hasting into the roughened river at the bottom ! Now and then an old foot-bridge, with a broken rail, a leaning cr...oss, a cottage, or the ruin of an hermitage ! This sounds too bombast and too romantic to one that has not seen it, too cold for one that has. " ' It was about 1750 that Walpole began to erect the building afterward so famous as Strawberry Hill. He wrote to Sir Horace Mann, January 10, 1750, " I am going to build a little gothic castle at Strawberry Hill. " After this date his letters contain many references to the " castle " and to "gothic " things in general. In another letter to Mann, February 25, 1750, he explained and defended his tastes.
What to read after The Beginnings of the English Romantic Movement a Study in Eighteenth Century L?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943 to read onlineMoreLess
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