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this century saw the height of romanticism

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18th century

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it was a movement in…

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britain and europe

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the movement was…

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intellectual, emotional, and artistic

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the main idea was..

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freedom and individualism

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romanticism had a slogan that said…

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“every person is essential”

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a representation of romanticism was…

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nature

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the poetry of the era is most famous for its…

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emphasis on the growing importance of individual thought and emotion

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what started to get more attention?

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sentiment

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what did wordsworth described poetry as

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the spontaneous overflow or powerful feeling

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there was a new emphasis on

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imagination

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there was a decreased emphasis on

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judgement

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romanticism emerged in reaction to the..

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industrial revolution

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it followed the..

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french revolution in 1789

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neoclassical age placed more emphasis on?

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objectivity, order, and restraint

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romanticism placed more emphasis on?

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emotion and imagination

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the primary element of romantic poetry is?

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liberation from the tyranny of norms and rules

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what was prioritized in romantic poetry

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individual freedom and liberty

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what was remarkable aspect of romantic poetry?

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supernaturalism

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poetry gained a feeling of?

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mystery and wonder

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noteworthy aspects of romantic poetry was their?

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subjectivity

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romantic poetry had a variety of styles, ____ was emphasised

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simplicity

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what was suppressed in romantic poetry?

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reason and intellect. passion, imagination, and feelings took their place

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poets highlighted___ in their poetry

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inner conflicts, aspirations, and passions.

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true or false: poets disapproved of the effects of industrialization and urbanization on an average person

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true

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they utilized their work to advocate for?
social change
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true or false: they wrote about the positive aspects of the past
true
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true or false: nature was a source of truth and beauty
true
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women were viewed as pure and innocent beings but they were also viewed as ?
objects of male adoration
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they preferred the more ____ above ____?
subjective realities of art above objective truths of science
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ralph waldo emerson said....?
to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment
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true or false: there was not a deviation from the classic norms of writing poetry
false
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romanticism started to incorporate...
mystical or gothic elements
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what is regarded as the catalyst for the start if the british romantic movement?
lyrical ballads
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wordsworth was appointed poet laureate in which year?
1843
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he brought ___ and ____ back together
realism and poetry
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what were his two primary poetic subjects?
nature and youth
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coleridge was addicted to which drug?
opium
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coleridge employes which themes in his poems?
mystery and otherworldly themes
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what is the theory of imagination by coleridge?
he separated it into two halves: 1- primary imagination; the environment around us conveys knowledge that people generally experience through their senses 2- secondary imagination; the unique ability that poets possess to "idealize and unify"
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what was the impact of was against france?
it undermined britain's trade and the emerging industrial economy and there was a sharp rise in unemployment which highlighted the divide between middle and working classes
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lord byron employed what style in his composition?
traditional poetic language
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P.B shelley;s primary literary topics centre on what idea?
that man can ultimately triuph over all social, moral, and political norms as well as freedom and love as remedies against society's flaws and sins.
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true or false: shelley was an atheist
true
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what impacted melancholy, mortality and death in john keats poems?
he had financial problems, hopeless love affair, and his mother and brother had TB, later he was also diagnosed with TB
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what is the major theme of all keats' poems
imagination and nature
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keats' third major motivation comes from?
the magical and mystical aspects of the legends of the medieval past
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what traits does romanticism have in literature?
1- celebration of nature' magnificent forces 2- exaltation of personality and emotion 3- defiance of convention and reason 4- incorporation of spiritual and supernatural components
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qualities of poetry in romanticism
emphasis on nature, emotion, imagination, supernatural elements and use of free-verse or simple language to
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who are the two poets of first generation of romantics?
william wordsworth and samuel taylor coleridge
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who are the poets of second generation of romantics?
john keats, george gordon, P.B shelley
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what are the primary characteristics of romantic age essays?
- absence of reason - think about nature - components of paranormal activity - the transcendental - put individual first - humanitarianism - passion for the ancient, primitive, and medieval - the revolutionary idea - components of depression
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name some romantic novelists
- jane austen - charles lamb - william hazlitt - thomas de quincy
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the victorian era in british history refers to which years
1820 to 1914
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the era was marked by...?
- a class based society - an increase in the number of people who were able to vote - expansion of states and economies - britain's position as the world's most powerful empire
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what are the historical characteristics of the victorian era
- poverty, exploitation, and economic advancement - a moral decline gaps between rich and poor widended
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what are the features of the victorian movement
- realism - moral purpose - doubts and contradictory faiths and philosophies - idealism
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victorian poetry was influenced by...
reclamation of the past
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true or false: victorian fiction frequently confronted reality
true
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true or false: victorian literature does not appear to proclaim its moral purpose
false
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true or false: the most popular kind of literature in the early victorian era was ?
the novel
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name some famous victorian writers
charles dickens wilkie collins thomas hardy anthony trollope robert louis stevenson lewis carroll bram stoker alfred tennyson sir arthur conan doyle rudyard kipling H.G wells
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name four most significant female writers of the victorian era
charlotte bronte emily bronte Mrs. gaskell george eliot
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what was the pre-raphaelite movement?
it was a group of young british painters that formed in 1848 in oppsition to the royal academy's allegedly manufactured and uninspired historical paintings, they claimed to be trying to convey a new level of moral seriousness and sincerity in their works
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what does art for art's sake convey?
the belief that art has intrinsic worth regardless of its subject matter or any ethical, political, or social relevance
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features of victorian poetry
- practicality - pay attention to the masses - negativity - technology and science - asking god questions - feeling of obedience - ethics - a fascination with medieval legends and myths - utlising sensory equipment and imagery

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