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""Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lamb, and Hazlitt"" is a comprehensive critical study by Ernest Berbaum that explores the lives, works, and intellectual contributions of five pillars of the English Romantic movement. This volume offers a detailed examination of the literary revolution that occurred at the dawn of the nineteenth century, focusing on how these specific writers reshaped the landscape of poetry and prose. By analyzing the visionary mysticism of William Blake, the nature-focused philosophy of William Wordsworth, and the imaginative depth of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the text illustrates the core tenets of the Romantic spirit. In addition to the poets, the work provides significant insight into the prose masters of the era, Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt, whose essays and criticism provided a vital framework for contemporary thought. Berbaum expertly traces the thematic threads that bind these authors together-including their emphasis on individual emotion, the sublime, and a departure from neoclassical constraints. This study serves as an essential guide for students and scholars of English literature, capturing the artistic fervor and lasting historical value of a movement that continues to influence modern creative expression. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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