AN OVERVIEW OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Veniel Morgan

ROMANTIC PERIOD

The Romantic period is a literary movement Originated in England in 1798 and ended 1832

The Romantic period was not only about Literature, but was also about art and music.

LITERATURE IN THE ROMANTIC PERIOD The literary and artistic movement

known as Romanticism originated (with the publication of the “Lyrical Ballads”, a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

WRITERS OF THE LYRICAL BALLADS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTHSAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

ROMANTIC PERIOD

The era was a reaction against the Age of Reason that saw both the American and the French Revolutions. 

. Romanticism emphasized everything the previous age had not.

TENETS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD

Feelings, emotions Fantasy- The heart over the head--

mysticism and instinct, natural man over civilized man.

Nature- they saw nature as a source of inspiration.

WHAT HAPPENED…IMPACTS

King George iii was king In Britain there was instability,

uncertainty, it was a time of war-social and political upheavals.

The Romantic period marked the beginning of the Industrial age/ revolution.

The American and French Revolution.

War in Britain War….

Britain before Industrialization Britain after

THINGS THAT CHARACTERISED FRENCH REVOLUTION

FALLING OF THE BASTILLEREIGN OF TERROR- HEADS SURROUNDING THE GUILLOTINE

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