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First published in 1983. This book charts the growth of Romanticism from the initial reactions to the authoritarian classicism of Louis XIV, through the codification of the Sublime by Burke in the 1750s, to the fascination with mystery, fear and violence which dominated the writing of the late eighteenth century. The origins of the movement are found in the writings of Rousseau and admiration for the noble savage, the development of the landscape garden, discoveries in the South Seas, new approaches to primitive poetry and enthusiasm for gothic art and literature. These attitudes are...