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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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    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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    Romanticism and Realism

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    Romanticism and Realism Romanticism: [pic] Francisco De Goya. “The Third of May 1808” Oil on Canvas - Imagination and emotion are more valuable than reason. The romantics championed the struggle for human liberty. They celebrated nature‚ rural life‚ common people‚ exotic subjects in art and literature. - Era: Industrial and French Revolutions - Technique: Dramatic scenes of nature or man and ideal landscapes. - Artists: Goya‚ Delacroix‚ Constable‚ Duncauson

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    reflect the central concerns of Romanticism? Romanticism‚ a literary movement that emerged in the late 18th century in reaction to the Industrial Revolution‚ inspired Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.”Romanticism celebrated life and embraced ideas of intense emotion experienced by individuals‚ appreciation of the beauty of nature and non-restrictive power of imagination‚ all of which are explored in “Frankenstein.”Mary Shelley focuses on the central concerns of Romanticism whilst incorporating elements

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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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    Hollow of the Three Hills

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    Themes of the Hollow of the three Hills: -main character as a beautiful woman with a shameful and abominable past. -trying to run from it will only make the problem follow. -character as someone who is a plighted subject who had such a secret that she had to be where "no mortal could observe them. -She wanted this witch to help her see and hear what was happening with her loved ones; but she only had one hour to do so and after this one hour she would die Hawthorne did not come out and said

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    Baroque and Romanticism

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    com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/baroque.htm) An example of Baroque art is The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew . This painting is about what was going on in that time. The artist‚ Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio‚ painted about what was going on in that time in society. Romanticism was big on individualism‚ subjectivism‚ irrationalism‚ imagination‚ emotions and nature - emotion over reason and senses over intellect. Romantic artists were more interested in things like inner struggle and passion‚ not on things that were going

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    Pre-Romanticism

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    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 -

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    From Enlightenment to Romanticism; A comparison between the two periods. The literary periods are like each other’s opposites. While in the enlightenment focus was on what was real and social justice‚ romanticism was more about feelings and often unrequited love. The 1700-s enlightenment writers spoke first and foremost about reason and wanted more than anything to teach and lecture their readers‚ they turned against the social injustice they saw and fought for tolerance and acceptance. While

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    Throughout the Romanticism era‚ authors often looked to nature as an ideal for humanity. Famous Romantic author Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein centers on Victor Frankenstein bringing a creature into the natural realm of the living. Another famous author‚ William Wordsworth‚ wrote the poem “The World is Too Much with Us; Late and Soon‚” to reveal a personal perspective on the evolving relationship between mankind and nature. Shelley’s novel Frankenstein and Wordsworth’s poem "The World"

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