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    Romanticism: Coleridge

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    ‘More than anything else‚ Romanticism is a celebration of Self; and‚ to the Romantic composer‚ it was the expression of a personal experience that links one human being to another and all human beings to the larger truth.’ A multitude of modes and doctrines encapsulated the Romantic revolt‚ the basis of which lie within such tenets as imagination‚ individualism and idealism. This paved the way for Romantic composers such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth to convey an appreciation

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    Irish Nationalism

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    What problems did Irish nationalists face in 1905? To what extent had these been overcome by 1949? For several hundred years‚ there has been increasing tension between southern and northern Ireland‚ giving rise to Irish Nationalism. The roots of conflict are to be found in the past when Henry II first landed in Ireland in 1169. At this time‚ Ireland was recognised for their nationalistic pride and the arrival of an English king generated resentment amongst the people‚ as England gained some control

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    To a large extent‚ nationalism had a big significance towards the formulation of foreign policy. America began changing the ways things were running and eventually grew some of their own national pride. The United States had to go through treaties and wars just to receive some nationalism in their country. Thomas Jefferson couldn’t go to the Mediterranean because the Barbary Pirates would kill him. Jefferson would pay the pirates to not get attack. The Barbary Coast Pirates would invade ships that

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    Romanticism and Classicism

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    There are two distinctive tendencies in the history of literature—Classicand Romantic. At some period in the history of Literature one tendency dominates‚ and then it is followed by the predominance of the other tendency‚ and in this manner they appear alternately‚ one following the other. In the history of English literature‚ the Elizabethan period may be called the first Romantic period‚ dominated by Marlowe‚ Shakespeare‚ Spenser and others. It was followed by the Classical period in the eighteenth

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    Emergence of Romanticism

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    The Industrial Revolution and the Emergence of Romanticism The Industrial Revolution was a period of time during the 18th century originating in Europe that resulted in major socio-economic and cultural changes around the world. These changes in part gave rise to the English Romantic spirit‚ especially in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom’s economic system of manual labor shifted toward a system of machine manufacturing‚ resulting in the formation of factories and‚ therefore‚ modern cities

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    Western Europe culture and society from 1800 to 1850 is characterized as being the peak of Romanticism. This intellectual‚ artistic‚ musical‚ and literary movement was in response to the Age of Enlightenment (1685-1815‚ coinciding with Neoclassicism) which was an earlier movement in Europe that held rationalization of nature and universal truths above all else. The disillusionment with the ideas of the Enlightenment and skepticism of the pursuit of reason caused influential philosophers and more

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    Nationalism and Patriotism

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    Nationalism and Patriotism Nationalism is a funny subject. The sense of patriotism and pride invoked within oneself from the love of a nation is a truly human phenomenon. In all reality‚ a country is not an actual object‚ but a state of mind. A country has no actual feelings and the boundaries that are drawn were drawn by men like you and I. In the books‚ “Patriotism‚” by Yukio Mishima and “Sofia Petrovna‚” by Lydia Chukovskaya‚ we see stories of people that are products of their countries. The

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    The Fourteen Characteristics of Romanticism 1. Medievalism - looking on the past to a simpler lifestyle (the good ole days). ’’Written in the Close of Spring’’ by Charlotte Smith 2. Orientalism - (exotic locales) places that everyday people would not venture. Mystery - emotional stimulus. 3. Primitivism - belief that man was born inherently good. (Noble Savage - writing by people of primitive cultures - Africa‚ Native American) Society makes them bad. 4. Progress - Romantics were not against

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    The reasons for stalemate on the Western Front? WW1 started as a war of quick lightning thrusts and high mobility‚ but degenerated into an astonishingly protracted war of static battle lines. The Western Front was the name given to the line of trenches stretching from the Belgium coast to Verdun. Following the Battle of Marne and Aisne of 1914‚ both sides dug in believing trenches to be temporary. The Front stretched for hundreds of miles‚ meshed with complex trench systems and barbed wire. Why

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    The Quiet American

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    Victorino Mapa High School Quiapo‚ Manila The Quiet American By: Graham Greene Danielle May P. Basilio IV-4 Mrs.Ballinan I. About the Author Graham Greene was born in 1904 and educated at Berhamsted School‚ where his father was the headmaster. On coming down from Balliol College‚ Oxford‚ where he published the book of verse‚ he worked for 4 years as a sub-editor on The Times. He established his reputation with his fourth novel‚ Stamboul Train‚ which he classed as an ‘entertainment’

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