In her essay "Wordsworth Balladry: Real Men Wanted," Elizabeth Fey argues that the Romantics were interested in the medieval focus upon _______________?
Correct answer: A. Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion
- A. Courtly love and modern-seeming emotion
- B. Violence
- C. Nature
- D. Death and disease
Explanation
Romantic writers revived medieval subjects, especially courtly love, while treating emotion in ways that could seem strikingly modern. Violence, nature, and death were also Romantic concerns, but they are not the specific medieval focus identified here.
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