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Romanticism
Notes#16 Romanticism in EuropeIn reaction to the Industrial Revolution, Romanticism influenced art, philosophy, music, fashion, literature, and history. The movement emphasized nature, sentiment, the individual and the sublime.
Imagination vs Reason
Spontaneous vs Structure
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The French Revolution
The French Revolution inspired the ideologies of the Romantic Era. A change in literary thought and expression. Social Class Transformtion (Aristocrats/Feudal System}
Monarchy vs Liberal Political Groups Photo: Storming of Bastille July 1789 -
William Blake
Complete Poem(Nov 28. 1757- Aug 12. 1827)
Poet and Artist (intalgio engravings)
Published Songs of Innocence (1789) "The Lamb"
Little Lamb, who made thee
Does thou know who made thee
Gave thee life & bid thee feed.
By the stream & o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing woolly bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice.
Making all the vales rejoice:
Little Lamb who made thee
Does thou know who made thee -
"Songs of Experience"
Complete PoemPublished (1794)
26 poems contrasting "Songs of Innocence" to show how the spirit withers, duality, and the effects of society and doctrines. Sister poem to "The Lamb".
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire? -
William Wordsworth
Complete PoemConsidered the greatest poet in the world.
(1770-1850)
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" or "Daffodils" Published (1807)
I wandered lonely as a Cloud
That floats on high o'er Vales and Hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of dancing Daffodils;
Along the Lake, beneath the trees,
Ten thousand dancing in the breeze. -
Jane Austen
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Complete Poem"Suspension of Disbelief"-justifies literary elements of the fantastic or un-realistic. This allows an audience to engage with the narrative with the mind, ideologies, and art. He attempts to present the supernatural.
"Kubla Khan" Published (1816)
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! (4)
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
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