English Literature / Unit 12 ENL 1117 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lyrical Ballads, 1798
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The idea
Lyrical Ballads, published by Wordsworth and Coleridge in seventeen ninety-eight, is generally considered the beginning of English Romanticism. Coleridge contributed four poems, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Wordsworth wrote most of the rest, ending with "Tintern Abbey."
In practice
Two poets, one book, seventeen ninety-eight.
Where people slip
The Preface came in the second edition.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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