Romanticism Questions- Due March 11th

Romanticism Questions- Due March 11th

1. When did the Romantic Era begin and end? Overall, how does the book describe the movement? How does it contrast to the Enlightenment/Age of Reason?
1785-1902 Very free spirited, your emotion should rule you. valued individual Age of reason is your thoughts should be by science. valued logic

2. What were the major political developments/changes that occured during the Romantic Era?
Civil reform which led to the powerful prime ministers. Industrial revolution.

3. The introduction describe three pre-Romantic poets; how did these poets bridge the gap between Neoclassicism and Romanticism? What were the name of the three pre-Romantics discussed in the book?
Thomas Gray, Robert Burns, and William Blake bridged the gap in writing new styles.

4. What publication really began the Romantic Era? Why was the publication pivotal in the Romantic movement? What statements were the two authors trying to make with it? Who were considered the second generation of Romantics? What did they celebrate through their literature?
Lyrical Ballads explained the movement and the writing. George Gordon, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelly and John Keats they celebrated the first generation with their writing.

5. What is a Gothic novel? What are some examples of it?
Long stories containing elements of suspense, mystery and magic. The Castle of Otranto, and Frankenstein

6. What type of novel did Jane Austen right?
She wrote novels of manners.