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- Title
Icarian Romanticism – The Motif of Soaring and Falling in British Romantic Poetry.
- Authors
Lennartz, Norbert
- Abstract
The article discusses the Icarus myth as an archetype of the ingenious person in British Romantic poetry and the use of soaring and falling motifs in romanticism. The influence of "Night Thoughts," which was written by Edward Young and is referred to as graveyard poetry, on Romantic poetry is discussed. Daedalian moderation, the use of wings or birds as symbols of supernatural phenomenon, a sense of the sublime, and the desire of man's soul for heaven are mentioned. The poem "To Enterprise" by William Wordsworth is also discussed. The symbolism in the poetry of Percy Shelley and George Byron is mentioned.
- Subjects
LITERARY criticism; POETRY (Literary form); ICARUS (Greek mythology); ROMANTICISM in literature; SYMBOLISM in literature; YOUNG, Edward, 1683-1765; WORDSWORTH, William, 1770-1850; SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822; BYRON, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
- Publication
Romanticism, 2009, Vol 15, Issue 3, p213
- ISSN
1354-991X
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.3366/E1354991X09000737