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romanticism (SECOND GENERATION: 1) use of an elaborate and deep language…

- - - - the poet uses a comic touch to ridicule both his heroes and the society of the time for its hypocrisy
      - the story deals with the adventures of Juan, a young man brought up to become a man of strict morals, who instead turned to a life of sexual adventure and travel
    - - the protagonist of Lara is an exotic character, the pirate captain Conrad, count of Lara, who eventually comes back home under disguise and lives in a mysterious atmosphere until he is found out and killed
        
        he is the typical Byronic hero
        
        Conrad is seen as a stranger in the world, he doesn't accept his human condition
        
        he's a man of contrasts
        
        he displays Gothic features
      - the BYRONIC HERO = a titan who is in fight against everything and everyone
        
        he is a combination of some of the features of the Romantic hero and has a lot of paradoxical characteristics
        
        he has mysterious origins but noble lineage
        
        he is silent and gloomy, but charming
        
        he considers himself a victim of destiny
        
        he swings from moods of melancholy to moments of enthusiasm
      - In stanza XVII: Conrad is described as a man who has a hidden life. That’s why he was at the same time loved, hated, sought and feared and also the reason why people wanted to know his story
      - In stanza XVIII Conrad is seen as a stranger in the world; his life has been stormy and wild. He can have sometimes fits of generosity, not moved by pity for the others, but by the pride of doing what few other people would be able to do; the same pride sometimes forces him to commit evil actions. He lives among people as if he were alone, cold and mysterious. But those who happen to see him cannot forget his aspect and his behaviour; they cannot penetrate his soul but they feel haunted by his mysterious charm. In this portrait of Conrad, Byron also gives a portrait of himself. He was in fact the model of all his "heroes".
    - - it is a story of a young human being characterized by melancholy, the wheel of isolation from humankind and dissatisfaction (rules, society)
      - idea of decay → he wants to go beyond common rules
      - idea of death
      - nature gloomy, powerful, strong and eternal
      - idea of disillusionment and dissatisfaction (Foscolo - Ortis, Goethe - Werther)
- - - - His work "Songs of innocence and songs of experience" is a collection of poems and illuminated printings that compares the original happy state of children to the more painful state of maturity with its loss of purity and illusions
  - - - the poems are written in a simple language and they show the poets' interest in the poor and the outcast as well as the perfect fusion between nature and humankind
      - its Preface is considered the Manifesto of English Romanticism because it contains the explanation of the idea of poetry and nature of Wordsworth
    - - incidents and situations from common life
    - - natural landscapes
      - purer feelings of men
      - childhood
      - memories and emotions recollected
      - humble people's life
      - NATURE as a spiritual guide and an inspiration for everyone
        
        Nature for him is the expression of the ideal in the real, the ultimate reality
- - - - In addition, the Romantics advocated freedom from: rules, formality and artificiality (the poetic diction) and excess of rationality