The document discusses the history and characteristics of Romanticism. It began in the 1770s as a reaction against classicism and extended through the 19th century as an international movement that influenced literature, music, painting and philosophy. Some key points: - Romanticism focused on nature, individual expression, imagination and feelings rather than reason. - Major Romantic poets included William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, P.B. Shelley, and John Keats. - Central ideas in Romantic poetry included nature as a living thing and teacher of man, as well as freedom of expression and importance of the individual over society.

2. Romanticism Timeline

4. Historical
Considerations English
Literary History
• Romanticism was partly a reaction
against classicism and the Age of
Reason.

5. Romanticism as an
International Movement :
• Affected all of the arts (literature, music,
painting, philosophy) Began in the 1770s and
extended through the second half of the 19th
century.
• Romantic age not the physical romantic
(love of nature ) .
• The central idea in Romantic poetry is nature

6. Romantic Poets:

7. William Blake

8. William wordsworth

9. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

10. John keats

11. P.B.shelley

12. Lord Byron

13. Poets :
first generation poets
1. William Blake (1757-1827)
2. William Wordsworth (1770- 1850)
3. S.T.Coleridge (1772 -1834 )
Second generation poets
4. Lord Byron (1788 -1824 )
5. P. B. Shelley ( 1792 -1822)
6. John Keats ( 1795 -1821)

14. Romantic Poets
:
 The poets used
simple and common
language .
 The romantic poets
were create a new
kind of poetry .

15. The main
Characteristics
of Romantic poetry :

16.  Poetry is the expression of
personal feelings and emotions.

17. imagination is the core
of romantic poetry.

18. Nature in Romantic poetry is a living thing, a
teacher of man, and a healing power.

19. Freedom of expression

20. Freedom of the
individual

21. The individual is more important
than the society

22. Neoclassicism vs Romanticism
 Focus on Reasons  Focus on Feelings
 Values : order .  Freedom of expression.
 Objective Nature
 Language : diffecelt and complex .
 Subjective emotions
 Used simple and common language.
 Interest in Classical
 Focus on society
 Interest in Medieval
 Focus on indinidual expression .

23. Q:
• Q1 : what is central idea of romantic poetry ?
• Q2 : in romantic age : romantic means the
physical romance (T or F ) the answer is F

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