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What is the predominant opinion about Georgian poetry according to the literary critics and historians mentioned in the text?
What is the predominant opinion about Georgian poetry according to the literary critics and historians mentioned in the text?
- It surpasses the achievements of the great romantic generation
- It is a watered-down form of Romanticism (correct)
- It is only worthy of study because it elicited a reaction from the generation of Hume, Bando, and Eliot
- It lacks depth and focus
What is described as true about the period of Georgian poetry?
What is described as true about the period of Georgian poetry?
- Most of its poets tended towards fertility and resonant rhetoric (correct)
- The followers of Oscar Wilde leaned towards a decorative aesthetic that was empty at its core
- It was a great age of poetry
- It satisfied the demands of the mind and thought
What do literary critics and historians consider the Georgian poetry to lack?
What do literary critics and historians consider the Georgian poetry to lack?
- Comfort from its depths (correct)
- Tourism value
- Relevance to modernity
- Great romantic achievements
What is the opinion of literary critics and historians mentioned in the text regarding the achievement of Georgian poetry compared to earlier generations?
What is the opinion of literary critics and historians mentioned in the text regarding the achievement of Georgian poetry compared to earlier generations?
Which aesthetic tendency is attributed to the followers of Oscar Wilde in the text?
Which aesthetic tendency is attributed to the followers of Oscar Wilde in the text?