... , "Nothing detains the reader's attention more powerfully than deep involutions of distress, or sudden vicissitudes of fortune; and these might be abundantly afforded by memoirs of the sons of literature."2 Relying on his words, we have come to understand that behind any piece of literature, there is a writer, a "son of literature". The life of the latter is as much interesting as the work itself. In brief ... many adjectives in relation to matter in the text to refer to his concern with family matters. He compares some elements of Nature to precious stones. For example, he compares the ...

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... , Wordsworth and Coleridge collaborated near the end of the eighteenth century to create "a volume that many literary historians consider to be the opening statement of Romanticism in England" (Matlak and Mellor, 681). In the Preface of this volume, titled Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, Wordsworth describes the key elements that constitute Romantic literature, among them the role of the Imagination. However, before one can understand ... the role of the Imagination in Romantic literature, it is vital to understand what constitutes the ... ...

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