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ROMANTIC AGE, William_Blake, William Wordsworth - Coggle Diagram
ROMANTIC AGE
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Nature and The Sublime
Nature
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Represents power beyond human control, as in wild landscapes or storms
Sublime (Edmund Burke)
Beauty mixed with awe and terror (e.g., mountains, oceans, storms)
Influences Romantic art and literature (Goya, Blake, Wordsworth)
Childhood and Society
The Child
Seen as pure, imaginative, uncorrupted by society
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Social Criticism
Blake criticizes institutions (Church, monarchy, marriage) for exploiting children and the poor
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Literature & Poets
William Blake
Created symbolic poetry (e.g., Songs of Innocence and Experience)
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William Wordsworth
Supported French Revolution early on, later became more conservative
Co-authored Lyrical Ballads with Coleridge, defining Romantic poetry
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Artistic Expressions
Painting and Music
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Nature and the sublime were common themes in visual art (Goya, Turner)
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