LITERATURE OF

THE EARLY 19th

CENTURY
ROMANTICISM

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Romanticism (also known as the Romantic era) was an
artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that
originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century,
and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate
period from 1800 to 1850.

Romanticism was characterized by its emphasis on

emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all
the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than
the classical.

It was partly a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, the

aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of
Enlightenment, and the scientific rationalization of nature
—all components of modernity.
George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-
1824)
He is the greatest romantic
revolutionary poet of
England.
Byron’s creative work is
usually divided into four
periods:
The London Period (1812-
1816)
The Swiss Period (May-
October 1816)
The Italian Period (1816-1823)
The Greek Period (1823-1824)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

“Queen Mab”
“Adonais”
“Prometheus Unbound”
“The Cloud”
“To a Skylark”
“The Indian Serenade”
“To the West Wind” and
other lyrics.
Walter Scott (1771-1832)

“The Mystrelsy of the

Scottish Border” –
legends and popular
ballads of Scotland.
“The Lay of the Last
Minstrel”
“Marmion”
“The Lady of the Lake”
 Jane Austen (1775-1817)

“Emma”
“Pride and Prejudice”
“Sense and Sensibility”
“Persuasion”
“Mansfield Park”
“Northanger Abbey”
Romanticism was embodied most strongly in the
visual arts, music, and literature, but had a major
impact on historiography, education, chess, social
sciences, and the natural sciences.

It had a significant and complex effect on politics,

with romantic thinkers
influencing liberalism, radicalism, conservatism,
and nationalism.

Romanticism revived medievalism and elements

of art and narrative perceived as authentically
medieval in an attempt to escape population
growth, early urban sprawl, and industrialism.
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