PPT-Romantic Poetry

William Blake Songs of Innocence Holy Thursday p69 Songs of Experience Holy Thursday p73 Songs of Experience The Sick Rose p73 Songs of Experience The Tyger. Unit 4 (1798-1832). Historical Background. After nearly a century of progress in science and industry, the faith of poets in reason was eroded.. Wordsworth, “Our meddling intellect/Misshapes the beauteous forms of things-/We murder to dissect.”. Born 1770, Died 1850. Considered to be one of the most important of the Romantic Poets.. Credited with starting the Romantic movement in poetry.. Romantic Poetry. Poets such as . William Wordsworth. were actively engaged in trying to create a new kind of poetry that emphasized intuition over reason and the . Characteristics of British Romantic Poetry. Romanticism. It elevated the individual, the passions, and the inner life, embracing a more dramatic, personal, and emotional style--even to the point of melancholic emotion. American Romanticism. Important Historical Background. Period of rapid growth: Louisiana Purchase, nationalism, and self-awareness.. War of 1812- America is “for real.”. Mexican-American War (1846-1848) – Texas comes in as a slave state. Take notes in your AP Lit. binder under the “journal” section.. This week:. Membean. quiz next class. Romanticism quiz Friday. Where it all began…. The . Enlightenment . (philosophical movement in 18. two. A230B. The second chapter on WH explores ways in which the idea . of . abroad might be relevant to the novel from a range of . perspectives.. The chapter . examines . a variety of 19. th. . ,20th . 1800 - 1860. Write a brief description of what it means to be “romantic”. Is this romantic?. Actually, in American literature . THIS . is Romantic. Do these pictures have anything in common?. Yes, look again…. Romanticism. Revolutions. Revolutions occurring in France, and in America, thus many in England saw this as a turning point in history for a more ideal and civilized society.. The Industrial Revolution brought about many improvements, particularly to the upper classes, but the living and working conditions for industrial laborers were horrific. Laws to regulate safety, hours, wages, or child labor did not exist. . 1798-1832. Historical Context. Response to the rationalism of the Enlightenment. Response to the French Revolution (1789). The revolutionaries in France fought for “liberty, equality, and fraternity”. . Millennium I . pp. . . 220 - 221. STUDY QUESTIONS. What are the main themes in Blake’s poetry?. Blake’s “Songs of Innocence” (1789) portray the un-fallen state of man ( the state in which humanity was before Adam and Eve were banished by God from Heaven for committing the sin of pride) while “Songs of Experience (1794) deal with the presence of evil and injustice in the world. . When you see this,. you may want to take note. o. f the material on the page.. Definition. Contrary to what you may think, the term . Romanticism. is not just about romantic love (although love is sometimes the subject of romantic art).. th. Century English Poetry. Dr. . . Nalini Shyam Kamil. Senior Assistant Professor. Dept. of English & Other Foreign Languages. Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith. Introduction. Romanticism is associated with the faculty of imagination as distinguished from fancy and with spontaneous expression of emotion. It has been defined by many critics in different ways. Walter Peter calls it “Strangeness added to beauty”. Watts . American . romantic. . poets. EMILY DICKENSON. EDGAR ALLEN POE. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. WALT WHITMAN. ENGLISH . romantic. . poets. . WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. EMILY DICKENSON. Emily . Dickenson. . often. . Two of the most important works in English literature:. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above . Tintern. Abbey” by William Wordsworth.