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The chief features of romantic criticism Imagination is emphasized both as the basis
of creation and of judgment on what is created. It is imagination which leads to the production
of great works of art.
Views on Poetic diction and versification undergo a radical change. Simplicity is emphasized
both in theme and treatment.
It is concerned with the fundamentals, such as the nature of poetry, and its functions,
and not merely with the problems of style, diction or literary genres.
Romantic criticism is creative. It is as much the result of imagination as works of literature
Critics express their views after entering imaginatively into the thoughts and feelings
off writers whose works they may be examining.
they ignore rules whether of Aristotle or Horace or of the French and emphasizes . that
works of literature are to be judged on the basis of the impression they produce . It
is impressionistic and individualistic, and freedom .
The influence of Wordsworth and Coleridge was far-reaching .