http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/romanticism Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:50:45 -0400 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:50:45 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1881/death-in-john-keats-ode-to-a-nightingale-and-the-eve-of-st-agnes By Anne R. Hill - This paper explores Keats’ depiction of death in “Ode to a Nightingale” and “The Eve of St. Agnes.” “Ode to a Nightingale” juxtaposes two types of death. The first kind of death is a drowsy union with nature which allows the speaker to merge with the world around him. The speaker embraces this metaphorical death because he is terrified of literal death and its ugliness. Literal death is not a unifying force, but an isolating reality that wrecks the speaker’s unity with the nightingale and imprisons him in his “sole self.” While readers... Thu, 25 Feb 2021 08:55 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1881/death-in-john-keats-ode-to-a-nightingale-and-the-eve-of-st-agnes http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1582/ghosts-of-romanticism-in-neil-gaimans-childrens-fiction By Padma Jagannathan - From the point of view of childhood, modern Western society shows many parallels to the Romantic Age. While the industrial economy caused rapid changes to the landscape and lives of children, forcing millions of them into labor, the informational economy is similarly having a tremendous impact on children’s lives. Never before has a generation found so much freedom in the virtual world while at the same time having real-life experiences so tightly controlled by parents and society. Some social scientists argue that kids in the West suffer from ‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ and will... Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:59 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1582/ghosts-of-romanticism-in-neil-gaimans-childrens-fiction http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1457/poetic-sovereignty-in-the-work-of-the-romantic-poets-self-determiniation-and-revolutionary-thought By Hayley E. Tartell - This essay first explores how Romantic poets William Wordsworth and Percy Shelley invoke the medium of language, specifically poetic language, to opine on the relationship between the reader’s sense experience and freedom. Subsequently, this piece delves into Romantic thinker Walter Benjamin’s analysis of Holderlin’s poetic language in order to reveal the power dynamics between poetry and the readership. Furthermore, by probing and fleshing out the work of Shelley, one can gain a deeper understanding of the nature of poetic sovereignty and its rootedness in themes of possession... Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:45 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1457/poetic-sovereignty-in-the-work-of-the-romantic-poets-self-determiniation-and-revolutionary-thought