ENGL 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Tyger, The Chimney Sweeper, Victorian Era
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Transatlantic romanticism: balancing english and american approaches to literature, romanticism is idealize. Romanticism nature- actual nature: imagination and passion. Evolved from chivalric romantics: king arthur. Unrealistic and idealized: opposition of realism, opposition of reason. Ght against the great change of being: not trying to be strictly rational. Objective perception vs. subjective perception: mirror vs. lamp. British romanticism started in 1789-1842: egalitarian, empowering the everyday person. Kicked o by presidency of andrew jackson. Thursday, september 14, 2017: represented the common man". 1837-1901 victorian era: ignored in this core. Subjected to the treatment of first and second. Commoners formed the national assembly of people: stormed the bastille on july 14, published the declaration of the rights of man. Monarchy was overthrown in august 1792: executed in september in 1792. Reign of terror (september 1793: 20,000 people were executed. 1799 napoleon bonaparte took hold of the government: emperor of france. William blake: songs of innocence (1789)