Pre-Romanticism
Pre-romanticism
- preceded by Neoclassicism (1660-1780)
- 1660 John Dryden
- 1780 – deterioration, Johnson died
- Prescribed forms, language – all artificial
William Blake (1757-1827)
- London
- After Neoclassicism
- Earlier than other writers
- Left London only once in life
- Son of lousier
- Self-taught ; painter, illustrator for a living
- Attended Royal Academy if Arts (not wanting to succumb ro tules Sir John Reynolds who set the rules for painters, WB didn’t obey, left)4
- 1st published work Poetical Sketches (1783), started writing at 12
- Songs of Innocence (1789), Songs of Experience (1794
- Copied the books by hand; interconnection between painting and poems (explaining each other)
- Use of the colours – dark = hell – black, red x light blue – heaven
- SOI & SOE = “ Innocence and Experience are two contrary states of the human soul innocence is recognizable only with experience, ….
- Prophetic books – 179 – his own system of symbol, philosophy, mythology
- “I must create a system of my own or be enslaved by other men.”
- “ Without contraries there is no perfection”
- Hated the institution of the Church, but believed in god (religious illustration)
- Married Catherine Boncher, remained childless, she was illiterate
- She made a living by selling his paintings
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- obsessed with metaphor, use of symbols
- Kubla Khan
- Dreaming visions, fragmentary thoughts force us to use our own imagination
- Keen readers should read everything – because of a lot of references in his poetry
- Pleasure atmosphere; symbols – moon = forecast of sth tragic, sun = positive
- Coleridge – The Prince of the Ancient Mariner (negative symbol – killing of the albatross)
- Christabel – draw his into tragedy
- * poem – 5 miles meandering (alliteration); a lifeless ocean (on its surface only); it wants a miracle (line 39, talks about inspiration); A damsel with dulcimer (a lady, he has delight of her songs and loves her);
- preceded by Neoclassicism (1660-1780)
- 1660 John Dryden
- 1780 – deterioration, Johnson died
- Prescribed forms, language – all artificial
William Blake (1757-1827)
- London
- After Neoclassicism
- Earlier than other writers
- Left London only once in life
- Son of lousier
- Self-taught ; painter, illustrator for a living
- Attended Royal Academy if Arts (not wanting to succumb ro tules Sir John Reynolds who set the rules for painters, WB didn’t obey, left)4
- 1st published work Poetical Sketches (1783), started writing at 12
- Songs of Innocence (1789), Songs of Experience (1794
- Copied the books by hand; interconnection between painting and poems (explaining each other)
- Use of the colours – dark = hell – black, red x light blue – heaven
- SOI & SOE = “ Innocence and Experience are two contrary states of the human soul innocence is recognizable only with experience, ….
- Prophetic books – 179 – his own system of symbol, philosophy, mythology
- “I must create a system of my own or be enslaved by other men.”
- “ Without contraries there is no perfection”
- Hated the institution of the Church, but believed in god (religious illustration)
- Married Catherine Boncher, remained childless, she was illiterate
- She made a living by selling his paintings
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- obsessed with metaphor, use of symbols
- Kubla Khan
- Dreaming visions, fragmentary thoughts force us to use our own imagination
- Keen readers should read everything – because of a lot of references in his poetry
- Pleasure atmosphere; symbols – moon = forecast of sth tragic, sun = positive
- Coleridge – The Prince of the Ancient Mariner (negative symbol – killing of the albatross)
- Christabel – draw his into tragedy
- * poem – 5 miles meandering (alliteration); a lifeless ocean (on its surface only); it wants a miracle (line 39, talks about inspiration); A damsel with dulcimer (a lady, he has delight of her songs and loves her);