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The Romantics

The Romantics. The Raft of the Medusa 1819 Oil on canvas 491 x 716 cm Musee du Louvre, Paris. Historical Background 1780-1830. The French Revolution -the lower-class rebelled to try to create a democratic government as opposed to a dictatorship.

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The Romantics

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  1. The Romantics The Raft of the Medusa 1819Oil on canvas491 x 716 cmMusee du Louvre, Paris

  2. Historical Background1780-1830 The French Revolution-the lower-class rebelled to try to create a democratic government as opposed to a dictatorship

  3. British writers and artists were moved (to say the least) by the cry of the French for “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity” Impact of the French Revolution

  4. Characteristics of Romanticism • Literature focuses on the individual • Considered optimists • Believe in the possibility of progress & social & human reform • Attack all forms of tyranny, evils of industrialism such as urban blight, a polluted environment, and the alienation of people from nature & one another • See humanity as naturally good, but tainted by society and institutions of religion, education, & gov’t.

  5. England’s Impact on Romanticism • The Industrial Revolution took place from 1750-1850 • Eng. Went from an agricultural to an industrial society • Rev. helped make Eng. Prosperous and powerful • Workers were exploited and working conditions were horrible

  6. Towns turned into cities Villagers forced to seek work in factories Wages were meager & hours/days were long Children suffered greatly Industrial Revolution’s Impact

  7. English society realized its obligations to the poor, miserable, & helpless Reformers church and gov’t assumed responsibilities Sunday schools were organized Hospitals were built Regulations were put in place for child labor Even prisons were being reformed England Awakens

  8. Romanticism Rises England’s Romanticism movement affected all countries of Western Europe • Romanticism comes in many shapes and sizes • What made one person a Romanticist did not necessarily mean the same for others

  9. Romanticism-In Brief • Romanticism can best be summarized by stating that it represented an attempt to rediscover the mystery & wonder of the world. • It was an attempt to go beyond ordinary reality into the deeper, less obvious, and more elusive levels of individual human existence.

  10. Romantic Poets • Nature was principal source of inspiration, spiritual truth, & enlightenment • Focused on the ordinary person & common life in order to affirm the worth & dignity of all humans, and to repudiate the evils of a class system that artificially designated a few select people as more important than others b/c of wealth, position, or name

  11. The Poets • Robert Burns 1759-1796 • William Blake 1757-1827 • William Wordsworth 1770-1850 • Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834 • George Gordon, Lord Byron1788-1824 • Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792-1822 • John Keats 1795-1821

  12. Romantic Writers • Thomas De Quincey 1785- 1859 Confessions of an English Opium Eater; On the Knocking at the Gate in “Macbeth” • Mary Shelley 1797-1851 Frankenstein

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