2. SOME HISTORY
The romantic period had its origin in
Germany from the XVII to XIX
century
3. What was going on in Britain?
QUEEN ANNE BEGAN TO REIGN.
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
4. Life in the 18th Century and some
caracteristic.
Population
Agriculture.
Clothing.
Leisure.
5. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT?
This movement was the reaction
against Illustration and neoclassicism
Rebellion purposes
A. LIBERTY
B. EMOTIONS
C. IRRATIONAL IDEAS
6. 3 MAIN POETS
PERCY BYSSHE, (4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822).
Ozymandias.
Music when Soft Voices Die.
LORD BYRON, (22 January
1788 – 19 April 1824).
Don Juan.
Childe Harold’s pilgrimage.
JHON KEATS (31 October
1795 – 23 February 1821).
Ode on a Grecian Urn.
Ode on Indolence.
Ode on Melancholy.
To Autumn.
Ode to Psyche.
Ode to a Nightingale.
7. HISTORIC NOVEL
This is a type of novel in which
the author creates a story
based on historical events
It was really liked by the
romantic authors because this
kind of Works were related to
the historical past and some
others characteristics of
romanticism
8. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PROSE
The battle of books (1704)
Gulliver’s travels (1726)
Dictionary (1755)
The vicar of Wakefield (1761)
Vathek (1786)
Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)