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British romanticism

British romanticism . 1750-1837. Romanticism. A broad movement in art and thought that valued feeling and imagination over reason. Inspiration in folk culture, the medieval past, and their own passions. Industrial revolution.

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British romanticism

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  1. British romanticism 1750-1837

  2. Romanticism • A broad movement in art and thought that valued feeling and imagination over reason. • Inspiration in folk culture, the medieval past, and their own passions

  3. Industrial revolution • Shift in economy based on farming and handmade goods to economies based on manufacturing by machines in industrial factories • Cities and towns grew as people moved from country to work in factories

  4. American and French revolutions • 1776: America declared war and won its freedom in 1781. • 1789 French Revolution

  5. Napoleonic Wars • War on Britain • 1793-1815 • 1815- Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon is defeated

  6. Romanticism • Reaction against Enlightenment • Fascinated by extreme physical sensations and mental states • Even terror and madness • Filled with exotic extremes, whimsy, nightmares, innocent children, lone wanderers, and quests. • Representative figure: the sublimely inspired poet • Did not view feelings as untrustworthy or distracting • Expression of feeling= authentic • Nature is active, vital, and spontaneous • True enlightenment came from nature

  7. State of Nature • A study of the “nature of human beings”

  8. Sensibility and emotions • Replace reason with the sympathetic emotion of sensibility • Heart represents the origin of emotion • Visible movements of the blood (blushing, fainting, etc) signs of moral sympathy generated by the heart

  9. Imagination • Blends sensory impressions with fantasy • Its ability to fuse sights and sounds with different kinds of experience • Imagination, rather than science, held the secrets of the universe.

  10. What is nature? • Preferred as wild and untamed • Factories and railroads made nature uglier (humans cannot improve nature)

  11. Child of Common Man • Children lead the most natural life • Saw innocence and imagination instead of ignorance in children • 1798- Wordsworth and Coleridge wrote Lyrical Ballads

  12. Dreams and Nightmares • Science deforms nature • Fascinated by subjects that science couldn’t explain

  13. Revolutionary Spirit • 1789: French Revolution seemed to offer young people a chance to realize their dreams • Liberty, equality and fraternity • Wanted Greece to win independence from the Turks

  14. Exotic places and Times • Glamour of foreign lands and of their culture • Remote places and times are the settings of the poems/ literature • Looked for darker settings as well

  15. Poetic Quest • Poets reflected on their role in culture • Declared the supremacy of poetry • Believed that books can transport readers to magical realms of the imagination.

  16. Legacy of the Period • Spiritual power of nature • Importance of imagination • Dignity of the artist • Helped change the way civilization viewed children.

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