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ROMANTICISM, Beginning of Romanticism:
“Preface to the Lyrical Ballads”…
ROMANTICISM
Pre-romantic poets
William Blake, "Songs of innocence" and "Songs of experience": the innocence is the childhhod, represented by the lamb; the experience is adult life, represented by the tiger
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2nd generation of poets: They all die very young, and visit Italy. Their language is more complex, and nature is an abstract idea.
Lord Byron: he became a symbol of passion and rebellion: the byronic hero, a man who fight for freedom and against social conventions and moral limitations.
Percey Bisshe Shelley: he was involved in politics, he was atheist and believed the poet is a prophet that must change the world. "Ode to the West Wind"
John Keats: the theme of beauty, love, death and introspection. "Ode on a Grecian urn"
Romantic NOVEL
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Gothic novel: full of mistery, fear, darkness... the anticipation of the horror!
Mary Shelley "Frankenstein": it's also called novel of purpose because it questions about responsibility of science
Mary Wollstonecraft: she writes for the rights of women, in particular the right of education
The main literary genre is POETRY: it's considered the best way to express feelings. All the romantic poets believed in freedom
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