ENGL 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Agent Provocateur, List Of Kim Possible Characters, Mary Wollstonecraft
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The term was first used by august schlegel in lectures (1801-1804) Classical poetry of 18th century is very formal and elegant and somewhat restrained emotional content and form. Romanticism sought to get rid of this normality . Romantic is more free in subject matter and also in the structure as well as rhythm. Values emotional response as a source for artistic creation: punctuation in romantic poetry. When was romanticism? just like the rhymed words. Social transformations: revolutions in the us and france, industrial rev in britain, transition from rural agriculture economy to urban manufacturing economy. James watt (steam engine 1765-1767: used in the uk for trains, manufacturing textiles (helped the textile industry explode globally, coal was king in england. Paintings, poetry, art, etc was depicting changing landscapes and less rural areas: art showed less churches and nature and more smoke stacks and urban lands. People are leaving small rural towns and flocking to urban areas w factories.
