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English Romanticism - Coggle Diagram
English Romanticism
PREVALENCE OF POETRY
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The poet was seen as a visionary prophet or as a teacher whose task to mediate between man and nature
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Ideals of freedom, beauty and truth
THE VIEW OF NATURE
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Main source of inspiration, comfort and joy
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THE INDIVIDUAL
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Romantics exalted the atypical, the outcast, the rebel
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THE FIGURE OF CHILD
A child was purer than an adult, he was unspoilt by civilisation
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POETIC TECHNIQUE
Romantic poets searched for a new, individual style through the choice of language and subject suitable to poetry
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THE CULT OF THE EXOTIC
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Picturesque in scenery, remote and unfamiliar in social and custom outlook
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