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A Comparison of Nature in Romantic Poetry Wordsworth poetry derives its strength from the passion with which he views nature. Wordsworth has grown tired of the world mankind has created‚ and turns to nature for contentment. In his poems‚ Wordsworth associates freedom of emotions with natural things. Each aspect of nature holds a different meaning for Wordsworth. "The beauty of morning; silent‚ bare"‚ excerpt from "Composed on Westminster Bridge. A main source of interest for Wordsworth is the
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A Short History of English Literature Chapter I. The Anglo-Saxon Period (the earliest time---1066) 1. Social background: the making of England; the invasion of Roman Empire in 4th AD ; the attacks of Danish Vikings‚ etc 2. Literature: Beowulf ‚ the earliest literature‚ the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon‚ one of the striking features - the use of alliteration *epic------a long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters of high position in a series of adventures which form an organic
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Comprehensive Notes for BA & MA Courses‚ UGC-NET / JRF‚ SET‚ SLET‚ MPhil & PhD Entrance Tests‚ and PSC and UPSC Exams in English Literature SAMPLE BOOKLET Co-ordinated by Kalyani Vallath 67 Vrindavan Gardens Pattom Palace PO Trivandrum—4‚ Kerala Ph: 0471-2444402 ; 9387839871 1Foreword This Sample Booklet offers a glimpse into Vallaths TES notes on English Literature that helps students excel in a variety of examinations-- BA & MA‚ UGC-NET / JRF‚ SET‚ SLET‚ MPhil &
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Neoclassical and Romantic movements cover the period of 1750 to 1850. Neoclassicism showed life to be more rational than it really was. The Romantics favoured an interest in nature‚ picturesque‚ violent‚ sublime. Unlike Neo_classicism‚ which stood for the order‚ reason‚ tradition‚ society‚ intellect and formal diction‚ Romanticism allowed people to get away from the constrained rational views of life and concentrate on an emotional and sentimental side of humanity. In this movement the emphasis was
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motives that ushered in Romantic period‚ it is of paramount importance to point out the preceding period‚ which is known as Neo-classical era. The Neoclassical period spans 1600-1798 (the accession of Charles II to the publication by Wordsworth and Coleridge of Lyrical Ballad). It is called the neoclassical period because of reverence for the works of classical antiquity. The period is often called Age of reason‚ and science was used to glorify God and his creation. Be sure to get familiar with the terms
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For the Abrahamic religions of Islam and Christianity‚ once the prophets had passed away‚ the burden of religious leadership fell on the shoulders of the Sunni Caliphate and the Church respectively. Since women had been given unprecedented significance by the Prophets Jesus and Muhammad‚ it became inevitable for the Church and the Sunni Caliphate to deal with the issue of the status of women. (Here Church refers to the Church in the first two centuries after crucifixion of Jesus till approx 200 C
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been compared to the finest author in English Literature‚ William Shakespeare. Wordsworth’s talent is viewed in his many poems‚ including “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”‚ “Ode: Intimations of Immortality” and “The Solitary Reaper”. In the year 1803‚ Wordsworth‚ his sister‚ and his dear friend and fellow poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge had taken a trip to visit the Scottish highlands. While there‚ they all witnessed solitary reapers‚ which were not a very uncommon sight. The poem “The Solitary Reaper” is
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Century A. Metaphysical Poets B. Lyrics C. Milton‚ GP e-text #1745 1. From Areopagitica 2. From Paradise Lost D. Supplemental links a. luminarium.org. Button: Metaphysical Poets; Button: Cavalier Poets V. The Neoclassical Period A. Samuel Johnson 1. “Vultures Talk About Men” 2. From the Dictionary B. Joseph Addison 1. “Dissection of a Beau’s Head” 2. “Dissection of a Coquette’s Heart” C. Jonathan Swift 1. “A Modest Proposal” D. Mary Wollstonecraft 1. “Vindication of the
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Romantics looked at nature primarily as a realm of overwhelming beauty and aesthetic pleasure. While Wordsworth and Coleridge often write about nature in itself‚ Shelley tends to invoke nature as a sort of supreme metaphor for beauty‚ creativity‚ and expression. This means that most of Shelley’s poems about art rely on metaphors of nature as their means of expression: the West Wind in "Ode to the West Wind" becomes a symbol of the poetic faculty spreading Shelley’s words like leaves among mankind‚ and
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