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Romanticism in literature
strayed from the optimistic
Enlightenment idea of human
dominion over nature and the
belief that Reason would
ultimately reign supreme.
ROMANTICISM1785 -1830
Revolutionary and chaotic, emotional rather than rational
The Romantic movement abhorred the 18th century's orderly imposition
on nature and the designs of squared, tidy gardens.
Romanticism preferred the vast wildernesses of an indifferent and
unpredictable nature with its endless forests, towering clouds and
deafening waterfalls from icy giant peaks.
Honesty about feelings were now more important than wit; being and
behaving genuine more important than artifice.
Themes such as liberation, mysticism, exotic orientalism, human
insignificance and a darker psychology were common.
Poems and paintings alike found the moon and dreams more interesting
than the sun and conscious thought.
FAMOUS AUTHORS
Jane Austen Mary Shelley
JANE AUSTEN
English novelist whose works of romantic fiction,
set among the gentry, earned her a place as one of
the most widely read writers in English literature,
her realism and biting social commentary cementing
her historical importance among scholars and critics.
Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma.
MARY SHELLEY
British novelist, short story writer, dramatist,
essayist, biographer, and travel writer.
Best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or,
The Modern Prometheus (1818).
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