Romanticism literature

Filled with Wordsworth and Shelley, the Romantics shaped our favorite literature. Let’s look at the beginning, middle, and end of the Romantic period.

Assignment for English 22 "Survey of English Literature II" Images Used: 1. La Liberté guidant le peuple ©Eugène Delacroix 2. William Wordsworth ©Henry William Pickersgill 3. ©Zou Zheng/Zuma Press via the canadian press 4. ©John Thompson/Bishopgate Institute 5. The Modern Prometheus (1831) Frontispiece 7.©http://www.hetwebsite.net/het/schools/edreview.htm

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1.Who were the first generations of poets? -William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge 2.Who were the second generation of poets? -Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and George Gordon 3.What time period did this take place? -1798-1832 4.What did the romantic period start with and end with? -Started with the French Revolution and ended with the Parliamentary reformed of 1832

What is the Difference Between Romanticism and Dark Romanticism? Romanticism focused on the individual. Dark Romanticism focused on outcasts of the society.

~ a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs. ~

Both enlightenment and romanticism were key players in reforming ideologies in contemporary history, specially in the 18th century. These are two important periods which began in Europe and had produced notable individuals who contributed knowledge