The Romantic Movement Flashcards
Who were the big 6?
- Wordsworth
- Coleridge
- Lord Byron
- Percy Shelly
- Keats
- Blake
Who were the female poets?
- Anna Barbauld
- Charlotte Smith
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Dorothy Wordsworth
- Felicia Hemans
What are the four doctrines of belief held by the Romantic poets?
- Love of nature
- Being sentimental
- Belief in the supernatural
- Examining the world and man as something that cannot be fully explained
When did wordsworth live
1770-1850
What are Wordsworth’s most famous works?
- Lines above Tintern Abbey
- The world is too much with us- 1802
- London,1802 - 1802
- The Prelude
- The Preface
- Composed upon a Westminster bridge - 1802
When did Keats live?
1795-1821
Keats was said to be
The most concrete and sensuous of all the poets
When was lyrical ballads published?
1798
When was the preface mostly published?
1798, 1800, 1802
The preface Is considered to be _____ and has a_____
- a turning point in literary history
* Reputation as a revolutionary critical manifesto
Poetry is____ and ____.
- The real language of man
* Man speaking to men
What are the 5 purposes for writing the lyrical ballads?
- To choose incidents from common life
- To deceive these for the common man
- To use imagination to deceive these things
- To present ordinary things in an interesting way
- To make them interesting by tracing in them the laws of nature
When did Coleridge live?
1772-1834
What are coleridge’s most famous works
- Christabel
- Rime of the ancient mariner
- Kubla khan
What are Keats’ most significant works?
- The Eve of st. Agnes
- Ode to a Grecian urn
- Lamia
- The fall of Hyperion
- When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be
- Upon Looking Into Chapman’s Homer
What are some significant characteristics of Keats’ verse?
The reconciliation of opposites
Negative capability
Keats wrote what are to be considered as
The finest odes
When was Wordsworth’s Lines composed above Tintern Abbey Composed?
1798
When was Wordsworth’s Prelude composed?
1798-1839
According to “The Preface”, what is a poet?
- A man speaking to men
- Affected by things present and absent
- Has a greater power to explain thoughts and feelings
- Wants to accurately portray feelings
- Applies principle of language
- Writes to provide immediate pleasure to reader
- No barrier between writer, and creating images
- Examines both pain and pleasure
- Considers man and objects around them
- Considers human nature in ordinary life
- Finds objects that delight
When was Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” written?
1797
When was Coleridge’s “Christabel” written?
1797(pt.1) - 1798(pt.2)
When was the Romantic Period?
1785-1830
When was Keats’ “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” written?
Oct. 1816
When was Keats’ “Eve of St. Agnes” written?
1819
When was Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” written?
1819
When was Keats’ “When I Have Fear” written?
1818
