Romatic Period Flashcards

1
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Approximate dates for the Romantic period

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1800-1850

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2
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What was the Enlightenment

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A movement in the 1700s filled with science and logic that was restrained in its attitudes to love

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3
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What year was the French Revolution?

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1789

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4
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What did the French Revolution do?

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It overthrew the French monarchy and there was huge fear of it repeating in the UK

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5
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What are the 3 values of the French Revolution

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Equality, freedom, fraternity

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6
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What poems are Romantic

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The Garden of Love by Blake
She walks in beauty
La belle dame sans merci

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7
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Romantic quote on beauty

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‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty.’ KEATS

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8
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Belief about nature for the Romantics

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An adoration of nature in all its forms

Unruly and chaotic imagery

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9
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Structures used for the romantics

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Fairy tales, folk song style poems

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10
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What people did the Romantic movement focus on?

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The individual and their own mine

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