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Romance & Romanticism

Romance & Romanticism. Reaction to Enlightenment ideas Reason, logic, wit, satire, the aristocracy Instead, focus on Democracy —individual Nature Past (chivalry, glory, youth) Rousseau—people are inherently good. Inspiration.

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Romance & Romanticism

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  1. Romance & Romanticism

  2. Reaction to Enlightenment ideas • Reason, logic, wit, satire, the aristocracy • Instead, focus on Democracy—individual • Nature • Past (chivalry, glory, youth) • Rousseau—people are inherently good Inspiration

  3. Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge The poet is “a man speaking to men.” Poetry is “the spontaneous overflow of powerful emotion” Romantic Period England 1798

  4. Reverence for nature Emotions, feelings Imagination Love Childhood The past The supernatural or mystical Good vs. evil Characteristics

  5. Language is lofty; poetic Characters extravagant Setting exotic Events heroic Love passionately Action & imagination Truths transcendent Romantic Novel—Escape!

  6. Mystery & terror Morbid imagery Tumultuous weather Death & ghosts Exaggerated physical states Supernatural Castles & hidden chambers Virgins and villains Gothic Romance

  7. Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Wordsworth William Blake Percy Shelley Lord Byron John Keats 2 Generations of Poets

  8. Unusually handsome (in a rugged way) Wounded or physically disabled Moody, mysterious, and/or gloomy Passionate (sexually and emotionally) Remorseful Unrepentant Wandering Byronic Hero

  9. Isolated (physically and emotionally) Self-reliant Disdainful of others Commands attraction…and terror Conflicted More…

  10. What’s not to like?

  11. Definitely NOT Jane Eyre!!! Ghosts Creepers Violence – murder, domestic violence Mad dogs Evil villains Wuthering heights

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