Romantic Languor: Images of Passivity in Romantic Poetry
Late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century poetry is filled with images of passivity to higher forces. Most common is the figure of the reclining poet, who invites inspiration or mystical, visionary experiences by relaxing mind and body and allowing wise, benevolent powers in nature or the
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