Ep. 055 - Reason, Nature, and the Romantic Poets
Magnus Podcast: Conversations from the Catacombs of Liberal Education
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Show Notes
“Once again
Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs,
That on a wild secluded scene impress
Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect
The landscape with the quiet of the sky.”
Excerpt from “Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey,” by Williams Wordsworth
This past summer, we offered our first round of Summer Symposiums in the Magnus Fellowship; enjoy this excerpt from Helen Freeh’s course comparing the views of the early and late romantic poets William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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