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Broad romantic context Flashcards

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reject materialism ..

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In pursuit of self-awareness

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5 I’s

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INDIVIDUALISM
intuition 
Idealism
Inspiration 
Imagination
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Being spontaneous and…

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Focus on what’s going on in the moment rather then being precise

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Art as a ..

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Critique of society

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Reverence (a deep respect) for..

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Nature

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Everything is

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Divine

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Romanticism during

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End 18th Century

Roughly 1789 & 1848

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Human knowledge is a ..

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Puny thing compared to other great historical forces

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Wish to be spiritually..

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And emotionally fulfilled

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Philosopher and writer who said “Man is naturally good, loving justice and order”

  • believed children born good, creativity/ imagination = closer god
  • ills of man cured if return to nature
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Denis Diderot

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philosopher wrote first Encyclopaedia mapping human development without god

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Puritan beliefs

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Opposite to Rousseau, ch was Karen born sinful & must be saved moral instruction

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Declaration of Independence

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1776 - beginning of modern democracy, exhilarated young radicals of Britain

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French Revolution

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1789 - 1799 - period of far reaching social and political upheaval in France
Impact : instilled sense of urgency to sort London

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Industrial revolution

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1760-1830 technology led people to live civilisation, before 80% farms

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The pastoral

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Creates a feeling of nostalgia for an idealised way of life, especially for poets working in an urban setting

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The sublime

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Notion literacy “our imagination loves grasp anything too big it’s capacity”
Sublime sense from knowledge universe huge and our puny existence- pleasant terror

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Eastern Europe / Greece

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Richer poetic language, explore mortality and appreciation of democracy & art & open discussion
Something Romantics admired

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The gothic

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Attracted Criticism end 18th century, despite popularity increasing. Enables dark/repressed human psyche in age of reason/ scientific discovery

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Romantic figure

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Not over-sensitive dreamer, heroic & genius figure facing head on painful realities of their time

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The enlightenment

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Affected most west during 17th & 18th century
Movement advanced science, reason, politics
Romantics reject reason & science

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Pantheism

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Religious and philosophical beliefs

God is nature, cannot separate creator from creation

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