Modern World Study Guide Flashcards
In what sense was the scientific revolution revolutionary- with respect to “nature” (in a way that provoked the “Romantic” idea of “Nature”)?
It reject the earth, air, fire, water conception of nature and replaced it with atoms.
Identify four areas of culture that were affected by some idea of “revolution.”
Political, Economic, Epistemic, Religious
In what sense were the changes in the modern economy analogous to changes in the other spheres of culture?
Like atoms, society is ,are up of individuals.
The economy is made up if consumers’ choices.
In what sense did Protestant theological ideas help construct the modern notion of reader and text?
The individual as a basis of experience and the individual reader and the individual printed copy of the Bible.
In what sense does William Wordsworth’s attitude toward the French Revolution represent his attitude toward poetry?
a. …Specifically with respect got what he means by “Nature” and the “Imagination.”
He recoiled from its violence and extremity.
Inward turn, a retreat from politics and industry.
Nature: serves as a counterpoint to the other aspects of the modern world.
Imagination: romantic poems only seem like they are about nature but they are only images in the mind.
What element of Romanticism does “Tintern Abbey” add to the mix?
Nostalgia- longing or desire to return to the past
