EN 2633 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lyrical Ballads, Intellectual Freedom
16 Mar 2018
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The romantic period: usually said to have commenced with the 1798 publication of samuel taylor. Romantic period began before 1798, arguing that certain works published before that date (such as those of blake and wollstonecraft) exemplify the radical changes in political thought and literary expression commonly associated with english romanticism. Most scholars agree that the romantic period concluded in 1837 with the coronation of queen victoria. Artistic and intellectual freedom combined to make the spirit of the age one of exploration and discovery. Neoclassic period: (1660-1780s) strong traditionalism; turned to the great classical writers for inspiration and guidance; strove for correctness ; adhered to established rules; subject matter tended to be human nature rather than nature itself. (examples: dryden, pope, swift). Laissez-faire: free operation of economic laws without government interference. Lyric poem: any fairly short, non-narrative poem presenting a single speaker who expresses a state of mind or a process of thought and feeling.
