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Introduction to Romantics
1798-1832
+The Beginning?
Disagreement history,
literature Book starts with Lyrical ballads (Coleridge / Wordsworth) 1789 - Burns and Blake because they were more similar to the
Romantics than the Restoration. Agreement – ending date – 1832 – Parliamentary Reforms in
1789 – 1832 French Rev. began in 1789
+ADJECTIVES/THE ROMANTIC PERIOD1798-1832
Turbulent RevolutionaryFrustratingIdealisticRadical changes in life and thinking
Changes/reforms sometimes violent; sometimes peaceful.
New focus = common man Search for ways to improve
which sometimes resulted in frustration.
+6 Characteristics/Traits of Romantic Poetry
Ideal A perfect situation. Romantics admired the pursuit of the ideal, of attempting to perfect what
they could.
+6 Characteristics/Traits of Romantic Poetrycontinued
Individual The power of one person to affect change, to make a difference (good or
bad) in people’s lives and the world.
+6 Characteristics/Traits of Romantic Poetrycontinued
Imagination The power of the mind to go “outside the box.” To delve into a realm outside of logic, and the ability of the mind to
CREATE .
+6 Characteristics/Traits of Romantic Poetrycontinued
Intuition The FEELING one has about something that cannot be explained through
logical reasoning.
+6 Characteristics/Traits of Romantic Poetrycontinued
Nature – The belief that Nature should be respected, revered, almost worshiped; Humans should strive for a “oneness” with Nature. If the unity/union between humanity and nature is broken, a
“disconnectedness” prevails and carries over into human relationships; If allowed to continue, a breakdown of society could follow.
+6 Characteristics/Traits of Romantic Poetrycontinued
Supernatural The belief that forces exist beyond human comprehension (that can’t be
explained through logic). Anything religious or spiritual falls into this category.
+Romantic Period Discussion
The Romantic Period began with the publication of Wordsworth’s _____________________________________.
1798-1832
Lyrical Ballads
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Which two Romantic poets published a book of poetry together at the beginning of the Romantic Period? _______________________________ _______________________________
Which two poems published in that book are considered among the most important in English literature? _______________________________ _______________________________
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
ColeridgeWordsworth
Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
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What political uprising happened in Europe at the beginning of this time period that affected the writers and their works? _______________________________________
Which six poets dominated the Romantic era? _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
French Revolution - 1789
BlakeWordsworthColeridgeShelleyByronKeats
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Which of those six were considered first generation? ______________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________
Which of those six were considered second generation? ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
BlakeWordsworthColeridge
ShelleyByronKeats
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An age of revolution began in American in the year _____________ with the _______________________________. This spirit spread across Western Europe, releasing _____________________________________________ forces that produced some of the most radical changes inhuman life.
How did the American Revolution specifically affect England? ________________________________________________________
Which revolution affected England most—the American or the French? ______________ Why? ______________________
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
1776 American Revolution
political, economic and social
Loss of economy, prestige, and confidence
French Europe is unstable and nearer to England.
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For the ruling class of England, the French Revolution came to represent their worst fear: __________________________________
Not all of England hated the French Revolution. Democratic idealists and liberals like ___________ backed it.
However, many supporters of the French Revolution were disillusioned by: ______________________________________ _____________________________________________________
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
Overthrow of an anointed king by democratic rabble.
Wordsworth
September massacre – killing of 100’s of French aristocrats by guillotine. Commoners became the tyrants.
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______________________ first emerged as a dictator of France, then as an _________. His name is synonymous with the word ______. He was as ruthless when he executed king himself.
Napoleon’s navy was defeated at the Battle of _______________ in 1805 and at ________________ in 1815 by the __________________________.
What happened to society because of the effects of the Industrial Revolution? A shift in _______________________, the population of ________
increased, and appalling __________________conditions.
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
Napoleon Bonaparteemperor
tyrant
Trafalgar Waterloo (Belgium)English/British allies
manufacturing citieshousing/living
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Communal land was taken over by ________________________ which resulted in large numbers of _______________________. Because of this they migrated to the __________.
The economic philosophy that kept all this misery going was a policy called ____________, which means ________________________.
The result of this policy is that the rich grew _______ and the poor grew _______, suffering even more.
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
individual private landownershomeless/landless peoplecities
laissez-fairelet it alone/let people do as they please.
richerpoorer
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Frustrated by England’s resistance to political and social change, the Romantic poets turned from the formal, public verse of the eighteenth century Augustans to a more private, spontaneous ________________________________.
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
lyric poetry
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Three useful meanings of the term “Romantic:” Term signifies a fascination with _______ and ____________,
with “growing up” by _______________ and _____________ to trust our _________________ and our sense of will and dignity.
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
youth innocenceexploring learning
emotions
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Term refers to stage in cyclical development of societies: stage when people need to ______________________________ in order to imagine better. This definition is associated with ____________.
Western societies reached the conditions for industrialization. This demanded that people acquire a stronger awareness of _______________ and that they find ways to ________________ to it.
The Romantic poets were often called ______ poets.
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
question tradition and authorityidealism
change adapt (or die)
nature
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The ROMANTIC VIEW of nature is NOT HOSTILE. The Romantic poets had a strong sense of the __________________________ of the natural world. Their concept of nature might be called PSYCHOLOGICAL because they believed that the mind of man is a ____________ to the __________________________________ of nature.
The ____________ is also a kind of desire, a motive that drives the ______ to ______________ and ____________ it cannot learn by rational and logical thinking.
Wordsworth says that a poet is a man ________________ to men.
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
mysterious qualities/forces
mirrorfairest and most interesting properties
imaginationmind learn know things
speaking
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Wordsworth also says, “A poet is someone who writes a poem in which there is a man ‘speaking to men’ in order to _____________________________________________.
The _________ in the poem is different from the poet. This ________ speaks to someone or something else.
Not only does a reader need to imagine that the “speaking” is taking place, but a reader needs to consider ___________ of speaking is taking place.
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
accomplish something else (listen to content, believe, change mind, appreciate nature, etc.
speakerspeaker
what kind
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The speaking in lyric poetry is not the Augustan reasoning in verse. It is a more _______________________ speaking from the __________________.
The artful illusion of the voice of the speaker (the poet tries to accomplish through the speaker) conveys certain ___________ or _____________________.
The speaker of the poem is seen as an __________________ which is a very democratic idea.
Poetry during this period is to be about human _______________ about the fundamental relationship between the ______________ (including the _________ and ______________ and other ________________ and ______________.
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
passionateheart
truthsideas
ordinary person
experiencemind
heart imaginationpeople things
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The speaking in a lyric poem must be ___________________.
The poet is a __________________ person, with more sensibility enthusiasm, and tenderness. He is also a ______, an inspired revealer and _______________. He brings “the whole _____________ of man into activity by employing that synthetic and magical power … the _________________.” He has also been called a ___________________ to all men, pouring out a __________________ upon the world.
The poet is someone that _______________ cannot do without.
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
convincing/believable
special and adoredbard
teachersoul
imaginationphysician
balm
human beings
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Define LYRIC POETRY. Use the handbook of literary terms from the back of your literature book to find this answer: _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Romantic Period Discussioncontinued …
Poetry that focuses on expressing emotions or thoughts rather than on telling a story.Melodeons (musical qualities) activated through rhyme, alliteration and onomatopoeia.
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