Romantics Flashcards
IR: Enclose Laws
land which was for community free use now turned into large private farms
lead to inc in food production, peasants into city to find work
what did the development of capitalism lead to?
rise of a bourgeoisie
French Revolution
dissatisfied with monarchy, executed king
American Revolution
13 colonies broke from under British rule bc of unfair policies about taxes, etc.
Gordon Riots
Protestants angered by the “Roman Catholic Relief Act”
Blake caught in the destroying of Newgate Prison
position of women?
degraded in the Enlightenment, Blake was besties with Mary Woolstencroft
why was Wordsworth concerned?
the elitism of earlier poets used fancy words that were inaccessible to wc, poet as a prophet
what were the first gen of poets? (Blake and Wordsworth)
the Lake poets
how did Lady Caroline Lamb describe Byron?
“mad, bad and dangerous to know”
what is the Byronic hero?
brooding, melancholic and disillusioned with life, solitary and mysterious
Blake was critical of ?
religion
but greatly admired Milton
Keats - negative capability
its okay and good not to know everything and understand every complexity of the universe
Jean Jacques Rousseau
“man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains”
Puritan Beliefs
opposite to Jaques, children are born sinful and need saving
the Sublime
nature is so vast and powerful that it inspires both awe and fear
Pantheism
God is everywhere, particularly in nature
Blake’s poems were categorised into what?
Songs of Innocence, Experience
prostitution
“the oldest profession”
rife syphilis
Wordsworth: the Pastoral
grew up in the Lakes
French Rev
came home and realised that to be happy and uncorrupted, everyone should live in the country
Lyrical Ballads
Wordsworth
how was Wordsworth’s radical ideas developed?
took a walking tour of France, saw lots of suffering between 1792 - 1793
when did Byron move as a kid?
aged 10, moved into Newstead Abbey and inherited the barony
where did Byron attend?
Cambridge
how was Byron’s lifestyle described?
hedonistic