romantic poetry

Romantic Age

Romanticism Timeline

Romanticism in literture began around 1750 and lasted until 1870

Historical Considerations English Literary

History• Romanticism was partly a

reaction against classicism and the Age of Reason.

Romanticism as an International Movement :

• Affected all of the arts (literature, music, painting, philosophy) Began in the 1770s and extended through the second half of the 19th century.

• Romantic age not the physical romantic (love of nature ) .

• The central idea in Romantic poetry is nature

Romantic Poets:

William Blake

William wordsworth

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

John keats

P.B.shelley

Lord Byron

Poets :

first generation poets

1. William Blake (1757-1827)

2. William Wordsworth (1770- 1850)

3. S.T.Coleridge (1772 -1834 )

Second generation poets4. Lord Byron (1788 -1824 )

5. P. B. Shelley ( 1792 -1822)

6. John Keats ( 1795 -1821)

Romantic Poets :

The poets used simple and common language .

The romantic poets were create a new kind of poetry .

The main Characteristics

of Romantic poetry :

Poetry is the expression of

personal feelings and emotions.

imagination is the core of romantic

poetry.

Nature in Romantic poetry is a living

thing, a teacher of man, and a healing

power.

Freedom of expression

Freedom of the individual

The individual is more important than the society

Neoclassicism vs Romanticism Focus on Reasons

Focus on Feelings

Values : order . Freedom of expression.

Objective Nature

Language : diffecelt and complex .

Subjective emotions

Used simple and common language.

Interest in Classical

Focus on society

Interest in Medieval

Focus on indinidual expression .

Q:

• Q1 : what is central idea of romantic poetry ?

• Q2 : in romantic age : romantic means the physical romance (T or F ) the answer is F

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