Who applied the term “Romantic” to the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830 ?

Restoration and 18th Century 23/08/2021

A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien régime, especially satire
B. English historians half a century after the period ended
C. “The Satanic School” of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)
 

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