The interrelationship of apocalypse and millennium is a dominant concern in British Romanticism. In this study, Morton Paley illuminates this central preoccupation and examines Romantic poets' conflicting answers to the question: where is history going?
The interrelationship of apocalypse and millennium is a dominant concern in British Romanticism. The Book of Revelation provides a model of history in which apocalypse is followed by millennium, but the major Romantic poets question the possibility of a successful secularization of this model. Is history developing towards end time and millennium, or is it cyclical and purposeless?
Paley writes in a clear jargon-free style.