Romanticism
What is Romanticism?
A movement where individuals became more artistic and intellectual. The movement rebelled against what was practical or factual. It encouraged the expression of emotions or imagination, and developed an interest in nature. It was rebellious towards social rule and focused more on a romantic spirit and thought.
Authors
Emily Dickinson: A Charm Invests a Face, Come Slowly
Robert Louis Stevenson: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Treasure Island
Jules Verne: Around The World In Eighty Days, Journey to The Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon
Edgar Allen Poe: dark romanticism poet, Annabel Lee, The Raven
Samuel Clemens: Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Fin
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Stories of Sherlock Holmes
Victor Hugo: Les Miserables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mary W. Shelley: Frankenstein
J.R.R Tolkien: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings
Gaston Leroux: Phantom of the Opera
Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol
Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers
Jane Austin: Pride and Prejudice
Robert Louis Stevenson: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Treasure Island
Jules Verne: Around The World In Eighty Days, Journey to The Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon
Edgar Allen Poe: dark romanticism poet, Annabel Lee, The Raven
Samuel Clemens: Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Fin
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Stories of Sherlock Holmes
Victor Hugo: Les Miserables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mary W. Shelley: Frankenstein
J.R.R Tolkien: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings
Gaston Leroux: Phantom of the Opera
Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol
Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers
Jane Austin: Pride and Prejudice
Literary Themes
- Highly imaginative and subjective
- Emotional intensity
- God-oriented
- Art and inner expression
- Respect for Nature
- Nature as Art
- Ignored rationalism
- Common man as hero
- Sensibility and love
- Nature as refuge: Source of knowledge and/or spirituality
Literary Focus
- Setting (nature)
- Imaginative
- Some factual some fantasy
Techniques
- Symbolism
- Imagery
- Perspective
- Foreshadow
Belief System
- They believed in the existence of a God.
- Pantheism (God is apart of the universe, not separate)
- Included Political and Social opinions in their works
Time Period (1750-1850)
Transformed into Transcendentalism- A 19th-century idealistic philosophical and social movement that taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity.