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The French Revolution
The ideals of the French Revolution created the context from which both Romanticism and the Counter- Enlightenment emerged. Romanticism was a revolt against the aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and also a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature. -
THE PUBLISHED THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL BLAKE
William Blake published The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Blake was a Romantic before the Romantics even came along. -
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JOHN KEATS
He was one of the main English poets of Romanticism. During his short life his work came under constant attack and it was not until much later that it was fully vindicated. Keats's lyrics are characterized by exuberant and imaginative language, tempered by melancholy. -
THE BEGINNING
It starts with the publication of Lyrical Ballads, a book of poems by Wordsworth and Coleridge. -
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RICHARD WAGNER
He was a German composer, conductor, poet, essayist, playwright, and music theorist of Romanticism. Mainly his operas stand out in which, unlike other composers, he also assumed the libretto and the set design. -
THE HARMONICA
The harmonica was invented by Friedrich Buschmann. -
THE BATTLE OR HERNANI
The Battle of Hernani is the name given to the controversy and riots that occurred in 1830 around the performances of the play Hernani, a romantic drama by Victor Hugo. -
THE END
It ends with the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837.