Romanticism Flashcards
1
Q
What is romanticism?
A
International artistic and philosophical movement that redefined fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world
- retrospective term applied by later literary, art and musical historians
2
Q
What are features of romanticism?
A
Emotional and imaginative spontaneity
Self expression and individual feeling
Almost religious response to nature
Capacity for wonder and reverence for innocence of childhood
Concern for outcasts of society
Poet as a visionary figure
3
Q
Who is a pre-romantic?
A
William Blake
4
Q
Who is a 1st generation of romantics?
A
William Wordsworth
5
Q
Who are 2nd generations of romantics?
A
Byron
Shelley
Keats
