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THE ROMANTIC POETS

THE ROMANTIC POETS. 1798-1832. CHANGE!. Great political, economic and social change American Revolution 1776-1783 French Revolution 1789-1815 (Napoleon  ) Industrial Revolution 1750-1850 Romanticism is a response to the Industrial Revolution. ROMANTICISM’S RESPONSE.

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THE ROMANTIC POETS

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  1. THE ROMANTIC POETS 1798-1832

  2. CHANGE! • Great political, economic and social change • American Revolution 1776-1783 • French Revolution 1789-1815 (Napoleon ) • Industrial Revolution 1750-1850 • Romanticism is a response to the Industrial Revolution

  3. ROMANTICISM’S RESPONSE • emotion and imagination vs. reason and science • reaction against the cold, rational science of the Enlightenment • individual experiences vs. society as a whole • the individual, personal, emotional • movement of protest for freedoms and reform • civilian life and work conditions • spontaneity vs. order • common man vs. ruling class

  4. “ROMANTIC” • explored new, psychological and mysterious aspects of human experience • fascination with youth and innocence (seeing the world as “new”) • social idealism: question authority in order to imagine better, fairer, happier ways to live • ability to adapt to change

  5. ROMANTICS: “MIND POETS” • sought a deeper understanding of the bond between human beings and the world of the senses • often used natural poetic forms

  6. CENTRAL POETS • William Wordsworth 1770-1850 • Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834 • John Keats 1795-1821 • Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) • Mary Shelley (1797-1851) • Lord Byron (1788-1824) • Jane Austen (1775-1817)

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