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Ann Margit Sepp Form 11b Tallinn French School. The Romantic Age. Karoly Telepy “Romantic Landscape”. Socio-political reasons. Awakening of class-consciousness Religious oppression Colonial policy Industrial revolution French revolution Defeat of Napoleon.
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Ann Margit Sepp Form 11b Tallinn French School The Romantic Age Karoly Telepy “Romantic Landscape”
Socio-political reasons • Awakening of class-consciousness • Religious oppression • Colonial policy • Industrial revolution • French revolution • Defeat of Napoleon
Characteristics of Romanticism ... In literature • Nationalism • Unknown, far away places - exoticism • Love of nature • Love of the common man • The supernatural • Emotionality • The romantic hero
The Romantic Hero • Rejected by society • Has himself as the center of his existence • Wanderlust, melancholy • Regret for his actions, self-criticism Examples: • Mr Darcy, Don Juan, Werther
The two generations • In Britain only First generation • Lake poets: W. Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge Second generation • Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, John Keats
Romanticism: mainland Europe • Germany • France • Russia