A. Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages. B. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel. C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe. D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand … What did Thomas Carlyle mean by “Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe” ?Read More...
A. a new market position for nonfiction writing and an exalted sense of the didactic function of the writer B. a Puritanical distrust of fictions and a thirst for trivia C. the forbiddingly high cost of threevolume novels and the difficulty of finding poetry in bookshops outside of London D. the deconstruction of the truth-fiction … What factors contributed to the increased popularity of nonfiction prose ?Read More...
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