Authors and them (asselta)

Romanticism definition

A philosophy which can be applied to literature. States 4 montras, freedom, beauty, truth, and love.

Characteristics of romanticism (3)

1. Simple and Direct Language

2. Spontaneous and Intense Feelings

3. Profound response to nature, reflects the soul and in contemplation to that it leads to a deeper awareness of oneself.

Elizabeth B. Browning 4 facts

1. Famous for "love poetry"

2. Her dad was strict and controlling

3. She was agoraphobic

4. Lived very isolated

Robert Browning 4 facts

1. He thought everyone read like he did

2. struggled with being recognized

3. Invented the Dramatic Monologue

4. Became famous late in life

Dramatic monologue def.

A single speaker speaking addressing a silent listener, it implies his thinking but doesn't state then directly.

- uses blank verse and is complex

Alexander Pope 4 facts

1. Wasn't allowed to attend school because he was catholic

2. Known for satire

3. His most masterpiece was "the rape of the lock"

4. He is the second most quoted in the oxford dictionary

Joseph Conrad 4 facts

1. Debated whether he was an impressionist or modernist

2. Was a sailor at 16 (inspired his works)

3. his themes were loyalty, isolation, modernism

4. His wife supported him financially

Impressionism def.

A depiction or a scene or emotion by a character through details intended to achieve a vividness more by invoking a subjective sense impression rather than an objective reality.

- Tries to make you feel emotion

Modernism def.

Knowledge before senses. Doesn't try to evoke emotion but tries to make the reader think.

Modernism Elements (3)

1. Attacks social issues

2. Avoids catharsis's (emotion)

3. A-lists a cognitive thought process

Modernism Themes (3)

1. Alienation

2. Fragmentation

3. Loss of values

John Milton 4 facts

1. Went completely blind but still managed to produce works

2. Made over 600 words

3. 2nd to Shakespeare in impact on english poetry

4. 3 wives in his life time (most left him)

John Donne 4 facts

1. Father of metaphysical poetry

2. Couldn't receive his oxford degree because he was catholic

3. His works themes are love, religion, death, and spirituality

4. Wrote meditation 17

Metaphysical Poetry: Basic Divisions

1. The unity of existence between philosophical and spiritual

2. The physical meaning of existence

3. Philosophical in nature

Stylistic components (8)

1. Dazzling word play

2. Explicitly sexual

3. Paradox, hyperbole, puns, conceits

4. Subtle arguments

5. Surprising contrast

6. Intricate psychological analysis

7. Imagery from non traditional areas

8. The avoidance of meter

Coleridge 4 facts

1. Receives no credit for the romantic movement because of his drug addiction

2. Inspired Keats and Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. He was very depressed

4. Wrote critiques of Shakespeare and revived his works

William Blake 4 facts

1. Was a poet, artist, and engraver

2. Death of his brother inspired some of his works

3. Created illuminated printing

4. Many thought he was crazy because he had visions

William Wordsworth 4 facts

1. Founded romanticism

2. Made "Lyrical Ballads" with Coleridge

3. Worked on "The prelude" for 40 years

4. Themes of death, grief, and separation

Wordsworths def. of Romanicism

Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling takes origin from emotion recollected in tranquility

John Keats 4 facts

1. He relates art to his own life

2. His greatest works were his odes

3. In a poetry trio with Byron and Shelly

4. His theme is that beauty is truth