7) Pre-Romanticism Flashcards
Oliver Goldsmith is a writer of which type of novel?
sentimental (The Vicar of Wakefield)
Oliver Goldsmith
The Vicar of Wakefield, The Deserted Village
Characteristics of romanticism
shift from reason to feelings - enthusiasm, passion, excitement, sensibility
Which pre-romantic author rejects radicalism?
Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful
What is “The Beautiful”?
that what is well formed and aesthetically pleasing, calm and orderly
What is “The Sublime”?
that which has power to destroy us, opposite of the Beautiful, something so powerful, overwhelming our senses (ocean, gods, giant mountains), the preference for the “sublime” marks transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism
What is the ultimate expression of the sublime in literature?
God’s battle against Satan in Milton’s Paradise Lost
Which pre-romanticism author was a radical republican supporting both the American and French revolutions?
Thomas Pine
Thomas Pine
Age of Reason, Common Sense
Which book supported the American Revolution, “no taxation without representation”?
Common Sense
William Goodwin
The Adventures of Caleb Williams
Mary Wolstonecraft
Vindication of the Rights of Man, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary; The Wrongs of Woman
Who did Mary Wolstonecraft mary?
William Goodwin
