Personal Traits of British Authors

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Excerpt from Personal Traits of British Authors: Byron-Shelley-Moore-Rogers-Keats-Southey-LandorEarly one hundred years ago, while revola tion was teaching its stern lessons in France, English literature shook off the torpor in which it had 'lain so long, and awoke to a new life, a life of power and of beauty. To that great awakening may be traced everything of real moment and significance which has since distinguished the literature of Eng land. Now the forces of that time seem well-nigh spent, and no fresh impulse has come. One by one the lights have gone out their places are unfilled. Standing to-day at the close of a brilliant period, we have the means of estimating that period with intelligence, and of gaining adequate knowledge of the men who made it illustrious - knowledge not only of their works, but of themselves. As a con tribution to this study, the present series of books has been prepared. The aim of these volumes is to describe and illus.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.