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Romantic Period (England)
Katie MenssenMackenzie Baesman
❖ May 1789 - beginning of the French Revolution ➢ began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s➢ reconstructed their country’s political landscape, destroying centuries-old organizations such as
■ absolute monarchy ■ feudal system
● distribution of land in trade for service➢ strong influence on ideals and art of Romantic Period
❖ 1793 - France declares war on England❖ 1798 - William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge produce Lyrical Ballads
➢ mark the start of the Romantic Period❖ 1801 - Act of Union establishes United Kingdom of Ireland and Great Britain❖ 1812 - US declares war on Britain ❖ 1818 - Mary Wollstonecraft - published Frankenstein
➢ considered one of the greatest Gothic romances❖ American Revolution taking place at this time
➢ Napoleonic Wars❖ period ended with the passing of the Great Reform Bill
Historical
Philosophical
➢ The truest experiences are found in nature.➢ Filter the experience through imagination and emotion. ➢ Jean Jacques Rousseau
○ French enlightenment○ “Savages” v. “social men”- living inside selves v. outside○ reason is root of all problems
➢ William Goodwin○ government is a corrupting force in society- dependence and ignorance○ “mental enslavement” ○ Private judgement and public discussion
➢ Often competing and opposing philosophies and points of view➢ Individual opinion is expressed- think for themselves
Scientific and Technological
➢ “mechanical romanticism”○ became popular
■ between the time that Napoleon ruled in 1815 to the conquest of Napoleon III in 1851➢ electromagnetism
○ defined as “the phenomena associated with electric and magnetic fields and their interactions with each other and with electric charges and currents”
➢ photographic reproduction➢ grand operas➢ phantasmagorias
○ defined as “a shifting of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination”
➢ automatons○ defined as “a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive
power; robot”➢ socialist utopias➢ all a part of mechanical romanticism of time period
Scientific and Technological
❖ André-Marie Ampère➢ discovered electromagnetism
❖ Alexander von Humboldt➢ a traveling German polymath
■ defined as a person of great and varied learning
❖ François Arago➢ scientist-engineer who designed
the daguerreotype photographic process
Literary ➢ Wrote about the marvelous and
supernatural, the exotic, and the medieval
➢ Also found beauty in the simple life of rural people and aspects of everyday life.
➢ Wrote about everyday experiences enhances by imagination and emotion.
➢ Introduced the idea of individual opinions and independent thought
➢ Simple everyday language➢ Poetry
Poetry
➢ Introduced the idea of individual thought ➢ Became known as “the spontaneous
overflow of powerful feeling”➢ Viewed as very imaginative and expressive➢ Intuition over reason➢ Nature is a major influence
Authors to Know
➢ William Blake○ Work dated previous to Romantic movement (1790s)○ attended art school○ Poetical Sketches- protesting war, tyranny, King George
III○ Said he saw God at age of four, angels in trees,
brothers- Songs of Innocence
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➢ William Wordsworth○ Lived in the Lake District- biggest influence○ Year long walking tour in France○ Letter to the Bishop of Llandaff- unpublished in support of
French Revolution
○ Lyrical Ballads- “common speech” protesting hierarchy of epic poetry
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➢ Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron)○ Most flamboyant and notorious of the major
romantics○ Leader of the poetic revolution○ demanded freedom for the oppressed ○ catharsis of strong emotion