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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. THREE DECADES OF POLITICAL STAGNATION AND REPRESSION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGIES. REVOLUTION. “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive But to be young, was very heaven!” William Wordsworth WILD OPTIMISM: A NEW ERA OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND THREE DECADES OF POLITICAL STAGNATION AND REPRESSION SOCIAL AND ECONOMICCHANGES REVOLUTIONARY IDEOLOGIES
REVOLUTION “Bliss was it in that dawn to be aliveBut to be young, was very heaven!”William Wordsworth WILD OPTIMISM: A NEW ERA OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT
WAR AND CHAOS HIGH TAXES RISING PRICES ECONOMIC BLOCKADE INDUSTRIAL UNREST : THE LUDDITES PETERLOO MASSACRE
POETRY AND REBELLION LACK OF FAITH IN SOCIETY CRITICISM OF INJUSTICE AND SUFFERING DEFENSE OF NATIONAL HISTORY