The document provides a summary of the key developments and major figures of the Romantic period in English literature from approximately 1800 to 1850. It notes that Romanticism was influenced by the ideals of the French Revolution such as freedom, equality, and human dignity. Poetry dominated this period, with famous Romantic poets including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and Walter Scott. Prose works also increased including essays, biographies, literary criticism and the historical novel genre pioneered by Walter Scott. Female writers like Jane Austen also rose in prominence during this time.

1. History of English Literature Week XI Romanticism Period (  1800 – 1850)