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What is a characteristic of Lord Byron's romantic lyrics?
What is a characteristic of Lord Byron's romantic lyrics?
What is a common trait of the anti-hero in romantic literature?
What is a common trait of the anti-hero in romantic literature?
Which writer's work is often associated with the medieval?
Which writer's work is often associated with the medieval?
What is a common feature of gothic novels?
What is a common feature of gothic novels?
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What is the central theme of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein?
What is the central theme of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein?
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Which writer's work defies classification in the romantic era?
Which writer's work defies classification in the romantic era?
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What is a characteristic of Sir Walter Scott's historical novels?
What is a characteristic of Sir Walter Scott's historical novels?
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What is a common feature of the romantic era's historical stories?
What is a common feature of the romantic era's historical stories?
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What is a characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's art?
What is a characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's art?
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What is a common trait of Don Juan, a character in Lord Byron's work?
What is a common trait of Don Juan, a character in Lord Byron's work?
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Study Notes
Romanticism
- Romanticism is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and their world.
Characteristics of Romanticism
- Emphasizes the imagination, emotions, and creativity of the individual artist.
- Asserts emotion and intuition over rationalism, the importance of the individual over social conformity, and the exploration of natural and psychic wildernesses over classical restraint.
Historical Context
- Emerged as a reaction to 18th-century values, particularly the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
- Influenced by the ideas of Jean Jacques Rousseau and the French Revolution.
Imagination and Nature
- Imagination is extolled as the ultimate synthesizing faculty, enabling humans to reconcile differences and opposites in the world of appearance.
- Nature is seen as a divine creation, a source of healing power, subject and image, and a refuge from the artificial constructs of civilization.
Literary Romanticism
- Poetry is the most powerful medium of the Romantic movement.
- Early Romantics include William Wordsworth, William Blake, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
- Later Romantics include John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron.
Key Poems and Works
- William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience"
- William Wordsworth's "The Prelude"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
- John Keats' "Ode to Autumn"
- Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Promethus Unbound"
- Lord Byron's "Don Juan"
Prose and Novels
- Historical and medieval stories were popular, exemplified in the works of Sir Walter Scott.
- Gothic novels, such as Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", combined romantic elements with suspicion of scientific experimentation.
- Jane Austen's work defies classification, but her novels, such as "Pride and Prejudice", are characterized by insight, grace, and irony in depicting human relationships within the context of English country life.
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Explore the international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined Western culture, emphasizing imagination, emotions, and individual creativity in literature and visual arts.
