Romanticism context/general stuff Flashcards
what established forms all under go various change and development under the pen of romantic writers
narritve, lyric, ode and sonnet
What did romanticism offer
a new way of looking at the world prioritising imagination above reason
who are the big 6
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron.
During the romantic period Britain was at war with France almost what
continually
first with revolutionary france then with Napoleonic France
these years charecterised by economic depression,poverty and repression -romanticism politically charged
what is masculine romanticism
typified by wordsworth
represented as concerned with nature and introspective,looking beyond the material world
what is feminine romanticism
celebrates domestic affections e.g marriage, family and social bonds
Which scholar is key in arguing about distinctions between male and female romanticism
Anne Mellor
in 1924 what did A.O Lovejoy say of romanticism
we should use the plural term romanticisms rather than referring to a singular romanticism
Why was Jean Jacques Rosseau influential to the romantics
argued in education treaties that children should be raised in a more natural way and allow them to develop at their own pace- based on belief that people are naturally good but that society corrupts them.
What happened when the blasphemy act of 1698 joined with the blasphemous and seditious libels act of 1819
became even more dangerous for writers to print atheist or free thinking ideas
Main features of romanticism
emotional and imaginative spotinateity
the self
nature
idea of the poet as a visionary figure, with an important role to play as prophet (in both political and religious terms).
How is Romanticism often dated
beginning in 1789 with the fall of the Bastille and the inauguration of the French revolution
ending around 1830 with death of major poets and the accession of queen Victoria
do you like the french revolution
no its well annoying
What was/happened at the Peterloo Massacre
august 1819
Calvary attacked a crowd of people who were peacefully rallying for parliamentary reform , in St peters field Masscre
women produced half of the romantic literature between what years
1780 and 1830
