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The Romantic Period 1798-1832. What We Know. Romantic Characteristics. Romanticism is characterized by the following general features: Romanticism turned away from the 18th century emphasis on reason and artifice. Instead, the Romantics embraced imagination and naturalness.
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Romantic Characteristics Romanticism is characterized by the following general features: Romanticism turned away from the 18th century emphasis on reason and artifice. Instead, the Romantics embraced imagination and naturalness. Romantic-era poets rejected the public, formal, and witty works of the previous century. They preferred poetry that spoke of personal experiences and emotions, often in simple, unadorned language. The Romantics each used the lyric as the form best suited to expressions of feeling, self-revelation, and the imagination.
Romanticism Cont’d. • Wordsworth urged poets to adopt a democratic attitude towards their audiences; although endowed with a special sensibility, the poet was always happy “a man speaking to men.” • Many Romantics turned to a past or inner dream world that they felt was a more picturesque and magical than the ugly industrial age they lived in. • Most Romantics believed in individual liberty and sympathized with those who rebelled against tyranny. • The Romantics thought of nature as transformative; they were fascinated by the ways nature and the human mind “mirrored” the other’s creative properties.
