Romantic Age Pratscher Test

What time period is the Romantic Age?

1798-1832

Restoration and 18th Century Age vs. Romantic Age

Most different ages side by side in history - 18th century: problem solving, Romantic: emotion, experience, reaction, expression

What are people expected to do in the Romantic Age?

Aren't supposed to analyze the world, but are supposed to experience it

What do Romantics care about regarding people and their thoughts and feelings?

They didn't care about what you thought, they more so cared about how you felt

What was Britain disillusioned by?

Industrialism - pollution, poor working conditions, poverty, unemployment

What part of industrialism affected the rich?

Pollution

What 2 countries had revolutions?

America and France

When did the revolutions start?

A little before the Romantic Age

Which revolution had the bigger impact?

French - peasants won on their own soil

British and French suffering?

The British suffering not as bad as France, but suffering and not being heard

What did the British think about the French?

If the French can do it, we can do it too

What does the British government fear?

Revolution

What does the British government make because of their fear?

Concessions

What did the British government do to prevent revolution?

Repealed laws that were anti-Catholic

Gave voting rights to middle class men

Factory safety laws - hours (limit hours of work in a day), conditions (can't do dangerous things boss tells them to), ages (limits so you can't hire children)

What were the children's' jobs in factories?

Unsticking gears - their hands are small enough

Although the revolution happened in England, what helped shape the Romantic Movement?

The spirit of French revolution

18th century: prose (as clear as possible), Romanticism: ?

Poetry (abstract)

Who are the first generation Romantics?

William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

What nickname was given to Wordsworth?

Nature's poet

Describe what Coleridge wrote about.

Wrote about experience, emotion, and nonlogically

What was Coleridge's writing powered by?

His opium addiction

Where does opium come from?

The same plant as heroin

How would you describe Wordsworth and Coleridge for their time?

Radical - thinking and writing very different than others

How did Wordsworth and Coleridge's ideas change over time?

Their ideas became more conservative with age - don't want to be radical and break the status quo

Who are the second generation Romantics?

Lord Byron, John Keats, and Percy Shelley

Compare Byron, Keats, and Shelley to Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Byron, Keats, and Shelley were even more radical than Wordsworth and Coleridge

What did Byron, Keats, and Shelley think about Wordsworth and Coleridge?

They think that Wordsworth and Coleridge didn't do enough

About how old did Byron, Keats, and Shelley all die?

20s or 30s - They all died young

What was Byron born into?

Wealth - aristocratic

How attractive was Byron?

Very

Describe Byron's love life.

Many scandalous affairs

How does Byron die?

Fever in war - joins a foreign legion to fight in this cause in a totally separate country

What is Keats born into?

Poverty

How does Keats die?

Tuberculosis - caught it taking care of father and brother

What was Shelley born into?

Wealth - aristocratic

What happened to Shelley that he became poor?

He was disowned after running away with Mary

How does Shelley die?

In a boating accident

Compare the novels to the poetry of the time?

Not as radically different

What are satires?

Novels of manners

What is the book that displayed the novels of manners?

Jane Austen

What novels are dark and eerie, and have villians, castles, and ghosts?

Gothic novels

What novel is an example of a gothic novel?

Frankenstein

What novels are based on a real person or event, but somewhat embellished?

Historical romances

What is a modern-day example of a historical romance that is based on a real person, but somewhat embellished?

The Crown

What is a modern-day example of a historical romance that is based on a real event, but somewhat embellished?

Titanic

How did nonfiction prose and drama do during this time?

They were written, but dominated by poetry