Delving Into The Intricacy Of Romantic Sublime: A Succinct Insight Of Romantic Poets' Works In Poetry And Prose.

Abstract

Sublime as an idea in the Romantic era has always been looked at as something enigmatic. The prominent poets of the Romantic age have come up with their distinctive idea of the sublime and how it is reflected in their prose and poetry. We see Wordsworth coming up with his thoughts on the matter under the shadow of the Horacian tradition of endeavour and struggle in poetry (Preface to Lyrical Ballads). Coleridge follows the path of Longinus not to mention other influences for his supernatural flights in poetry (Biographia Literaria). Keats acts as a spiritualist to the extreme in the spotlight of the sublime for his poetry. Shelley advocates every element of poetry to contribute to the sublime (Defence of Poetry). The current paper discusses the idea of the Romantic Sublime and how it is reflected in the works of Romantic poets in question.