#romanticage

[leavesfromthemind]

what if,,,i was an english professor and i murdered the dean so i run away to an abandoned castle and get trapped there for the winter,,,,and to fill the cold days and endless nights i explore the library and uncover records to justify the murder,,and unveil a corrupt system within the college's headmasters,,,and you, the youngest daughter of the dean,,ran away from home to the castle,,and although we are cold and unsure to trust after so long,,,we fall in love,,and we live in the castle together and clean it up,,,together😳😳

no i'm just joking,,,,,,,

unless😳💞👭🏻

[leavesfromthemind]

the aesthetic movement and the age of romanticism (1800s)

[leaftea1717]

Many Romantics turned to a past or an inner dream world that they felt was more picturesque and magical than the ugly Industrial Age they lived in.

— Harley Henry

[leaftea1717]

The Romantic Age

The Romantic Movement was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement, partly as a reaction to the Industrial Revolution. It was embodied strongly in visual arts, music and literature, and was associated with liberalism and radicalism. The movement was rooted in the German Strum and Drang movement and legitimised the individual imagination as a critical authority.

Time period~

The Romantic period in English Literature began with the publication of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge's 'Lyrical Ballads' in 1978 and ends with the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.

Social and Economic Background~

•The effect of the French Revolution did not confine itself only to France, but it also sowed seeds of revolutionary fervour in England.

•The writers of the Romantic period were inspired by the ideas of the French Revolution and tried to translate these ideas into the realm of literature.

•The Representation of the People Act, 1832, also known as the Reform Act, was an act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.

•While, England was being radically transformed by the Industrial Revolution, it led to social unrest among the working class.

•A violent class conflict ensued between employers and workers, most notably in the Luddite Riots of 1811-12, when textile workers in the North of England attacked the new mills and machinery, which had put them out of work.

•In August 1819, The Peterloo Massacre occured at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000-80,000 gathered at a meeting to demand the reform of parliamentary representation.

Literary Trends/Movements~

Romanticism

The Gothic Novel

The Jacobin Novel

People of Importance~

William Wordsworth. William Blake. Robert Southey. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Lord Byron. Percy B Shelley. John Keats. Ann Radcliffe. Mary Shelley. Jane Austen.

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