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    (witch burning 1480-1750)‚ no distinct time period for either realism or romanticism‚ agreed beginning round 1810 post enlightenment era. Refer below http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006052319153 Rennaisance (1350 – 1649) (Beheading of Charles I) http://www.answers.com/topic/which-artists-and-thinkers-are-considered-the-greatest-minds-of-the-renaissance Rennaisance; William Shakespeare‚ Niccolo Macchieveli (historian)‚ Leonardo Da Vinci‚ http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article

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    Romanticism A revolution in art‚ philosophy‚ politics and social issues Influential philosophers • • • • Emmanuel Swedenborg (Heaven and Hell -1758) Voltaire (man in control of his own destiny) Montesquieu (division of powers) Locke (limited‚ liberal gov)‚ Bentham (liberty & rights ) • Rousseau (The Social Contract – 1762-) and Diderot (Manifesto of Pure Reason -1760) • Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason -1781- and Critique of Judgement -1790-) • Thomas Paine and Jefferson Major historic

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    The Romantic Movement‚ which contains main ideas of liberty and conservatism‚ begins at the end of eighteenth century‚ and this era lasts for half century (Perry et al. 2009‚ pp.520-521). Romanticism’s relationship with the Enlightenment is like day and night‚ they seem to be the opposite of each other but they still have innumerable links. This essay will agree that Romantics’ thoughts on painting and poetry. Romanticism paintings have discriminable features such as strong emotions and free imagination

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    What is Romanticism? Romanticism was a movement in the 19th century in where art‚ literature‚ and music experienced a growth in not only popularity‚ but also creativity‚ in the form of intuition‚ inspiration‚ imagination‚ individuality‚ and idealism. There are many characteristics of Romanticism that can be recognized within many aspects of literature. The few characteristics that are widely common in literature will be shown here. In the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker‚” written by Washington

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    The Romantic period has been described as the “greatest single shift in the consciousness of the West” (Berlin‚ 2000) and it is widely accepted among scholars as being a period during which many previously held ideas‚ values and attitudes were challenged. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner‚ published anonymously in 1824‚ is a text through which James Hogg highlights and critiques many of the major shifts in consciousness that occurred during the Romantic period- specifically

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    American Romanticism was a literary movement that took place from about 1840 to 1865. Its focus is to to show the importance of the individual‚ as well as nature. Many different authors contributed to this movement through a variety of poems and short stories. A popular short story from this era is “Ligeia‚” by Edgar Allen Poe. It is a story told through a potentially untrustworthy narrator who is fixated on the beauty and knowledge of his first wife‚ Ligeia. This short story shows many elements

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    ompt 3: The Romantic Era was a time of celebration for artistic‚ literary‚ musical and intellectual pursuits towards the end of the eighteenth century. With this brought an emphasis on individualism‚ emotion‚ childhood and nature‚ which‚ at large‚ was a reactionary response against scientific rationalisation during the Enlightenment. Yet‚ it was not simply a response to the rationalism of the Enlightenment but also a reaction to the material changes in society‚ which was accompanied by the

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    Romanticism is a literary movement in which writers focus on nature while weaving in the essence of the supernatural. A short story that is based in this movement is Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. This short story describes the interactions between a narrator and the last remaining member of the House of Usher‚ Roderick. Answering Roderick Usher’s call the narrator starts noticing supernatural signs that something in the house and its surrounding area is infested with evil. Romanticism

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    Explain how the poetry of John Keats reflects the values of Romanticism. The Romantic Era spanned roughly between 1798 and 1832 and its poetry places an emphasis on the imagination‚ nature and feeling. The Romantic period was associated with imagination as people looked with fresh curiosity into the workings of their own minds‚ generating ideas that laid a foundation for modern psychology. Romanticism emerged out of the rational thought of the Enlightenment Era into a redemptive and inspiring period

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    Everyone in this society has his or her own definition of the word “romantic.” The word gives off the notion of “sentiment and sentimentality‚ a visionary or idealistic lack of reality. It connotes fantasy and fiction. It has been associated with different times and with distant places: the island of Bali‚ the world of the Arabian Nights‚ the age of the troubadours and even Manhattan.”(Kreis) Romanticism is used all over the world as it relates to many different things. From advertisements in

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