Romaticism
Romanticism
The age of Romanticism is considered to be the most remarkable age in the history of English Literature within fifty years after the death of Dr. Johnson. English poetry was once again magnificently driven by the brilliant outburst of the imaginative genius. The rise of Romanticism needs to be seen in the context of the changes that marked the historical and philosophical aspects of the English social life. It must be noted that the period between 1776 and 1832 was one of the remarkable progress and national achievements for England. Industrial development was growing day by day. In this age of industrial progress the Romantics rise with a view to making a balance between dehumanized men and women. Romanticism has been described and defined in different ways. The word Romantic has been used traditionally in opposition to the word classicism. Classicism is considered and connected with the social, the formal, the intellectual and the static whereas Romanticism is connected and concerned with the individual, informal, the emotional and the dynamic. The Romantics believed in the absolute freedom both in terms of formal presentation and the content. Let us discuss about the important feature of Romanticism. Imagination is the soul of romantic poetry. The Romantics believed that imagination can give shelter to a troubled mind. This very idea has been reflected through the romantic poetry of different poets in this age. Through imagination the inanimate cold world is transformed into something real and living. Whereas, Coleridge seeks to transform the given world through imagination. To Wordsworth visionary world is more real than the world of sense. For Keats imagination which leads to beauty is not a simple way but a power by which he has made imagination more powerful and acceptable than reality. Keats in a letter to Benjamin Baily says: “I am certain of nothing but of the
The age of Romanticism is considered to be the most remarkable age in the history of English Literature within fifty years after the death of Dr. Johnson. English poetry was once again magnificently driven by the brilliant outburst of the imaginative genius. The rise of Romanticism needs to be seen in the context of the changes that marked the historical and philosophical aspects of the English social life. It must be noted that the period between 1776 and 1832 was one of the remarkable progress and national achievements for England. Industrial development was growing day by day. In this age of industrial progress the Romantics rise with a view to making a balance between dehumanized men and women. Romanticism has been described and defined in different ways. The word Romantic has been used traditionally in opposition to the word classicism. Classicism is considered and connected with the social, the formal, the intellectual and the static whereas Romanticism is connected and concerned with the individual, informal, the emotional and the dynamic. The Romantics believed in the absolute freedom both in terms of formal presentation and the content. Let us discuss about the important feature of Romanticism. Imagination is the soul of romantic poetry. The Romantics believed that imagination can give shelter to a troubled mind. This very idea has been reflected through the romantic poetry of different poets in this age. Through imagination the inanimate cold world is transformed into something real and living. Whereas, Coleridge seeks to transform the given world through imagination. To Wordsworth visionary world is more real than the world of sense. For Keats imagination which leads to beauty is not a simple way but a power by which he has made imagination more powerful and acceptable than reality. Keats in a letter to Benjamin Baily says: “I am certain of nothing but of the