The Romantic Agony Condition:Good of crossings taken and passages

of crossings taken and passages lost

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this sublime collection ranges over the verse

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The Romantic Agony Condition:Good of crossings taken and passagesIn this now classic study, Praz describes the whole of Romantic literature under one of its most characteristic aspects, that of erotic sensibility. This wide spread mood in literature had a major effect on 19th century poets and painters, and the affinities between them and their 20th centurycounterparts makes this account of the Romantic Decadents an indispensible guide to the study of modern literature.