- When, approximately, did the movement (in literature) known as Romanticism
begin? Around the middle of the 18th century
(1750's)
- What were four aims of Romanticism?
A return
to nature, a belief in the artist as creator, development of
nationalistic pride, a belief in the power of the senses and
emotion.
- What are the names of three Romantic poets?
Blake,
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Bryon
- How old was Keats when he died?
25
- Find the title of one of Wordsworth's poems.
There
are lots!
- Who wrote 'Songs of Innocence'?
William
Blake
- Who said: poetry results from “the spontaneous
overflow of powerful feelings,”?
William
Wordsworth
- What was the guiding principle of the Age of Enlightenment?
Reason
and the power of the intellect
- What is the connection between Romanticism and Shakespeare?
The
Romantics made Shakespeare's work popular. 'To the Romantics ...
he was the essence of folk poetry, the ultimate vindication of their
faith in spontaneous creativity'.
- What is the connection between the modern horror genre and Romanticism?
The Castle of Ontranto (1765) was the
first gothic romance and led to the development of the genre
through the work of the Bronte sisters in Jane Eyre and Wuthering
Heights.
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