writ large

Hello,
This is an extract from the novel Life after life by Kate Atkinson. The story is set in London in the World War II.

The mountain panorama was the backdrop to every photo taken here, the backdrop to everything. At first Ursula had thought it beautiful, now she was beginning to find its magnificence oppressive. The great icy crags and the rushing waterfalls, the endless pine trees – nature and myth fused to form the Germanic sublimated soul. German Romanticism, it seemed to Ursula, was writ large and mystical, the English Lakes seemed tame by comparison.

Would you like to explain the meaning of "writ large" to me? Thank you.

Written in a larger way. It's a phrase from John Milton: new presbyter is but old priest writ large. The wider meaning of that is not relevant here, but 'writ large' has entered the language. In your example it's not literally 'written', of course; it's more like 'displayed' or 'shown' perhaps.

To paraphrase:
German Romanticism, it seemed to Ursula, was emphasised/dramatically demonstrated or dominant and mystical, the English Lakes seemed tame by comparison.

This is an old set phrase, which means "written in large letters" and therefore "repeated, but more emphatically".

"It seemed to Ursula that the Romanticism of the German mountains was a larger and more mystical version of the English Lake District, which seemed tame by comparison."

I understand now. Thank all of you.