Classic Memories: The Early Wordsworth and Jane Austen's Persuasion

Excerpt: Since I have always used Vico's terminology to structure the book, in his words, Petrarch founded the lyric poetry of the aristocratic era, which was reached to the extreme by the hand of Goethe. Wordsworth ushered in the blessing/curse of the democratic/chaotic era of poetry that did not deal with any events. Their subjects are the hero and heroine themselves, whether or not they appear in the poem.

Essay: Recalling the development of Western music in the twentieth century and the Reformation, the development of any artistic field is always accompanied by the development of productive forces and changes in social structure. On the one hand, ideology and culture drive the development of productive forces, and on the other hand, the development of productive forces promotes ideological change.