The Romantic AgeJanar Aronija

Introduction• Romanticism is a artistic and philosophical movement• Sweeping revolt against reasons, science, authority, tradition and discipline• The French revolution had the strongest impact of all

Social and political backround

• The Industrial Revolution

• Awakening of class-consciousness

• Workers’ rebellions

• French Revolution• Napoleonic Wars

The first two periods of the Romantic Age

• Starts in 1798, the year of the first edition of “Lyrical Ballads” by Wordsworth and Coleridge

• The first period is called the Age of Revolutions

• “Lyrical Ballads” wasn’t very popular in his time but eventually changed the course of English literature and poetry

• The second period is marked by the work of Byron, Walter Scott, John Keats

William Wordsworth

The second period of the Romantic Age

Main characteristics of the Romantic period• A closeness to

nature • The pursuit of

emotional rapture• Idealization of

women• Struggle between

good and evil• Importance of

love• Romantic

nationalism

Romantic hero

• Rejects established norms

• Has been rejected by the society

• Wanderlust• Isolation• Self-criticism• Classic literary

examples of the romantic hero are Odysseus, Mr. Darcy, Don Juan

John Keats• Was the latest born

of the Romantic poets

• Publishing his work over only a four year period

• His work was not well received by critics

• Composed six odes which are his most famous poems

• Died of tuberculosis at the age of 25 thinking that his poems were a failure

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Used Sources

• http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0858004.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_poetry• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats