That's an interesting point - Pompeii was rediscovered in the early-mid 18thc and was on the 18thc 'Grand Tour'and the idea of a mountain destroying a (decadent?) society appeals to the 'sublime' imagination, so maybe that's why (?). Tiger imagery also features a lot, a wild force as opposed to the 'monarchical' Lion with its pride-hierarchy ('Tyger Tyger burning bright' - written in 1793/4, full of Promethean imagery - the animal equivalent of the volcano!).
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Date: 2010-04-21 03:07 pm (UTC)