ENGB28 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ottoman Empire, Orientalism, Vates
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Byron and shelley were born into privilege: lived in exile. Keats was born poor: loss of parents at young age, loss of brother by tuberculosis. Hanover kings: george iii (reign 1760-1820, declared mad, george iv (prev. Regent, reign 1820-30: wildly mocked, spent a lot of time with mistresses, william iv (reign 1830-37) Regency (1811-1820: lots of development in art and fashion. Joh(cid:374) keats, (cid:862)o(cid:374) eei(cid:374)g the elgi(cid:374) marbles(cid:863: restore classical greece, philosophy, poetry, art, culture. Joh(cid:374) keats, (cid:862)o(cid:374) first looki(cid:374)g i(cid:374)to chap(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s ho(cid:373)er(cid:863) Orientalism: romanticizing or eroticizing of the orient culture. Inferior to the west and western achievements: good art, but problematic, undercurrent of colonialization, said, greece was orientalised at this time. Video: ozymandias as read by bryan cranston: breaking bad: often seen through oriental lens. Trailer for final season of breaking bad: collapse of drug empire. Strong sentiment against power: alig(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith helle(cid:455)"s politics, radical favours democratic reform, extending voting rights to women, liberty, freedom, revolutionary spirit.
