The Romantic Movement was a reaction against the formal style of 18th century poetry that occurred between 1789-1832. It focused on individual emotions and experiences over social rules, emphasizing themes of nature, childhood memories, and the supernatural in the works of writers like William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Mary Shelley. The movement began as a reaction to the French Revolution and was influenced by French philosophers advocating liberty, equality, and fraternity.

1. The Romantic Movement 1789 - 1832

2. WHEN? Name and underlying philosophy end of C18 French contribution – social and political. French Revolution 1789

3. WHY? Reaction against contrived phraseology of Augustan Poets. Result of social change.

4. WHAT? “ Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” Importance of social change: new & better ways to live Focus on individual

5. WHAT? Greater simplicity of diction Sensory impressions Childhood recollections Poems of meditation and retrospection

6. WHAT? Emotions high Intuition Wild and picturesque in nature Supernatural. Fantasy / mystery

7. WHO? Blake Shelley Burns Coleridge Pushkin Brontë Sisters Keats Mary Shelley “Frankenstein” Sir Walter Scott Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales Bryon Wordsworth French: Lamartine, Baudelairè, Victor Hugo, George Sand

8. Wordsworth Byron Coleridge Shelley

9. Sir Walter Scott Brontë Sisters Keats