ENGL 405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Starlight
19 Aug 2019
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Man of letters - - > c"s cosmic humour. Rousseau - - > identifies a radical energy. Herald of the french revolution, and therefore a prophet of blood. Celebration of savage life in nature. Slightly patronizing, like his depiction of mohammed. Streak of carlyle to look for the hero in unlikely places. Translation of eternal light into the brokenness of the present. On burns - - > the fragment central to the aesthetics of romanticism. People dealing with a stunted and fragmented language to describe the eternal - - > but its all we have. Echoes of carlyle everywhere - - > infests other writers. His grandeur and energy is what sticks. Robinson - - > fiercely contested carlyle"s work. Yet also very influences by him. "characteristics" - - > like a second sign of the times. Contradictory, but sincere in privileging unconscious action. Utilitarian spirit of modest and practical improvements in the uk, then and now.
