Romanticism In Literature
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, began around 1750 and lasted
until 1870. Different from the classical ways of Neoclassical
Age(1660-1798), it relied on imagination, idealization of nature
expression.
Two men who influenced the era with their writings were
William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, both English
poets of t ....
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.... land in the lyrical poem “Ode on a
Grecian Urn”.
Nature and the natural surroundings were important in
romanticism. Taking pleasure in untouched scenery and the
innocence of life was the basis and theme of “The Seasons” by
the Scottish poet James Thomson. This
inspired the nature tradition present in English literature, such as
the works by Wordsworth.
Another aspect in romantic writings, most times connected
with the nature feel, was the look on rural li ....
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