romantic Flashcards
(32 cards)
When was the romantic period?
1785-1832
What were the characteristics of the romantic period?
- personal, political liberties
- French Revolution
- Break from the 18th Century Conventions
How many themes?
6
What are the 6 themes?
- Revolution, Freedom, Rights
- Who is a poet, for whom?
- Outlaws, Outsiders, Exiles
- Gothic & Romance Revival
- Education, New Child, Beginnings
- Science, Exploring natural world
What was discussed under Revolution, Freedom, Rights?
Promised change
Literary shifts
Freedom translate into texts
What was discussed under Who is a poet, for whom?
Politics of literacy, literature, culture
peasant poets
class differences affect ideas of value
What was discussed under Outlaws, Outsiders, Exiles?
Fascination with isolated figures, solitude
mental states
What was discussed under Gothic & Romance Revival?
Magic & enchantment
Past invites imagination
Medieval romance
Fascination with altered mental states
What was discussed under Education, New Child, Beginnings?
Children as topic & audience
Child as emblem of hope
Conversations on education
What was discussed under Science, Exploring, natural world?
connection between living things
ecological consciousness
representations of tech
Who advocated for women’s rights, education, and reform?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who had a violent dad?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who tried to protect their mom?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who had a self-education?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Whose sister escaped abuse?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who opened a school?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Whose friend and her baby died?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who was a reviewer?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who embraced the French Revolution?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who had revolutionary ideas?
Mary Wollstonecraft
How was the Vindication of the Rights of Woman?
It was famed
Who did Mary Wollstonecraft marry?
Radical anarchist William Godwin
Who died shortly after giving birth?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft’s daughter?
Mary Shelley; author of Frankenstein
