Romanticism: A short introduction
Romanticism and classics Romantic poets often compared themselves to birds, including surprisingly to eagles. Reminds me a bit of Ennius: "memini me fiere pavom" ("I remember becoming a peacock", Annales fr. 8). The term "poetry" extends beyond literal verse to include other arts, including painting. Reminds me a bit of the saying attributed to Simonides that painting is silent poetry; not a coincidence, since Lessing in his Laocoon apparently used this phrase as his starting point for arguing for a meaningful distinction between painting and poetry (a view the Romantics argued against). ὁ Σιμωνίδης τὴν μὲν ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0234%3Astephpage%3D346f https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ut_pictura_poesis It seems like there's opportunity for an investigation into the effects of Romantic interpretations of the classics (or very possibly many already exist). It feels l...