Romanticism (2nd half of 18th century)

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luonut Samuel Anderson-McCoy

Britain's Conquest Over New France

luonut Amanda Finlay

Romanticism

luonut Valeria Rizzi

For the Power of My Dreams

luonut Şule Kılıçkaya

Its main themes are...

the ordinary life of humble people

past ages and exotic places

childhood

The Individual

Nature

Romanticism (2nd half of 18th century)

Romanticism in art

Constable: nostalgia for pre-industrial revolution landscapes

Turner and the sublime

The role of immagination

A new role for the poet: the poet become a prophet (INWARD EYE)

second generation: Byron, Shelley, Keats

A more complicate language; tendency to escapism; a strong revolutionary attitude

BYRON

THEMES

Horror, love, separation, revenge (Oriental Tales)

Exoticism (Oriental Tales)

The Byronic hero

nature (a reflection of his soul)

TWO SIDES OF PERSONALITY

NON-ROMANTIC

SATIRICAL ATTITUDE (Don Juan, The Vision of Judgement)

THE ROMANTIC

CHILDE'S HAROLD

LIFE

first generation: Wordswroth, Coleridge

Simple language; strong disillusionment with the French Revolution

The Lyrical Ballads: the Manifesto of Romanticism

A new language

It starts as a reaction to...

the Industrial Revolution

Classicism