By: Anne-Sophie Salnave04/28/2012

ROMANTIC PERIOD

What will be Covered:• Introduction to Romantic Era• Nature, Imagination, Individualism

writers• Social conditions• The industry• Political Conditions• More about the Political Conditions• Religious Conditions• Religious Book• Artistic Conditions• Famous Work• William Blake• William Wordsworth • Edgar Allan Poe• Most important work• How literature influenced time period

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Introduction of the romantic EraThe movement was in full swing after spending the previous century creating classical art. They were tired of the old and wanted something new.

There are 3 major things associated with Romanticism: •Imagination• Nature•Individualism.

Nature, imagination, and individualism writers Nature:• Romantic authors valued the natural

world : landscapes, animals and elements such as trees. They believed that nature had humanistic characters.

Imagination:• Their work also related to the

supernatural our other worldly forces.Individualism:• Works of the Romantic movement

focused the merits of liberty: they said that individuals had the right to self-determination in everything they did.

Social conditionThe city's conditions in 1800’s were extremely dangerous and jammed. • Too many people living in one

area at a time• People weren't willing to clean.

The streets were full of trash, and feces. • Disease outbreaks caused for

many deaths.

Life expectancy for children:• Very low.

The industryThe Industrial Revolution (1820-1870) helped the economic development to of the country.• The Industrial Revolution

begun in Great Britain and Europe (late eighteenth century)• Refers to a change from home

production to factories.• Soon followed to the United

States in the ninetieth century. • Industrial Revolution then

focused on the United States and Germany.

Political conditionsIn 1828 to 1830.• Duke of Wellington: the prime

minister. Passed the Catholic Emancipation Act - • gave Catholics the right to have a

position in a public office.During his time in office, there were two types of voters:• countryside and towns voters.1.In the country: only the property-

owners were allowed to vote. 2.In the towns, the permission to vote:

more varied but still partial:Only men could vote at that time.Not every town had their own person in office.

More one the Political side of the eraBefore 1832: • Britain was governed by only the Landlord.After the reforms:• moved to the middle class.The workers were still left out of the reforms (started to protest in 1838)• Movement was called Chartists. • Fought to have all being able to vote.• Also fought for being able to selected who

came into office. • In 1867 factory workers could vote. • Farm workers could vote in 1884.

Religious conditionsThe 19th century, was not a religious time.• people started to lose their faith.

Churches: • very open-minded and were thought as a place for meetings. • Most people stopped going to church, and studies show that only about 40% attended church on Sundays.

Religious bookThe Essence of Christianity:• a major book written in the 19th century.• Translated in 1854. • Book talked about how Christianity was the projection of the human mind that was illustrated into a God.

Artistic Conditions19th art:• changed from structural content to

flowing motions.• brought feelings of which were

somewhat happy.

The art was called:• the idea of a man’s natural

goodness.• main factor that contributed to the

Romantic individual.

Landscapes:• a reoccurring them in romantic

paintings.

Famous artwork

Liberty Guiding the People, 1830 by Eugene Delacroix

The Hay-Wain, 1821 by John Constable

Eldena Ruin, 1825 by Casper David Friedrich

Most important Authors:

William BlakeWilliam Blake:• born on November 28, 1757. • wanted to be an artist.At the age of twelve:• Wrote poetry.

Later in life:• got married in 1782 to Catherin

Boucher. Most famous poem:• “The Tyger” (1794).

Most important Authors: William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth:• born on April 7th of 1770.

At the age of eight:• his mother passed away.• It shaped is writings skills.

He was sent to St. John’s College:• was motivated to expand his political and

poetic feelings.

Wordsworth also lived in France:• had a daughter named Caroline, but he left

before she was born.

His most famous work in the romantic era:• “The Prelude” (1850).

Most important Authors: Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe• born on January 19th 1809 in Boston

Massachusetts. His parents died:• was raised by his foster parents John and

Frances Allan. In 1827- 1929:• he was part of the U.S. Army.• wrote many pieces in 1829• They completed his second collection.In 1834- 1939:• started to sell short stories to magazines

and in 1835• became the editor of the Southern

Literary Messenger.• famous stories “The Fall of the House of

Usher” (1839)

Most important works

How the literature influenced the times