Major Themes
- The predilection of contemporary poets and novelists for morbid subjects and gothic settings.
- The affected misanthropy, ennui and world-weariness of contemporary writers, philosophers and intellectuals.
- The contemporary interest in philosophical systems that are unworldly, transcendental, and abstruse.
- The conflict between art and science.
- The contrast between the Classical and the Romantic.
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