2362English LiteratureMedium
Who applied the term \Romantic\to the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830?
AThe Satanic School\of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
BWordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien r ́gime, especially satire
CEnglish historians half a century after the period ended
DOliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)
Correct answer
C. English historians half a century after the period ended
Explanation
The correct answer is English historians half a century after the period ended.