The Romantic Period Test

Which years were known as the Romantic period?

1798-1832

Which two English poets are credited with heralding in the Romantic period?

William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Name four other Romantic poets

William Blake, Percy Shelley, John Keats, George Gordon

What major historical events marked the beginning and end of the Romantic era?

Started with French Revolution, ended with the Parliamentary reforms of 1832

How did the American Revolution affect England?

It was an economical loss and a loss of prestige and confidence

Explain the significance the French Revolution held for England.

England feared of an overthrow of an anointed king by a democratic "rabble"

Why did Wordsworth become disillusioned after the "September massacre"?

hundreds of french aristocrats had their heads severed from their bodies

Explain the policy of "laissez faire" and its effects, according to your book, on the people of England

"let do". The result of laissez faire was that the rich grew richer, and the poor suffered even more

Explain how the Romantic poets viewed imagination

romantics believed that imagination, rather than reason, was the best response to the forces of change

In what ways is Romantic poetry different from the poetry of the precious age?

the romance genre also allowed writers to explore new, more psychological and mysterious aspects of human nature, Used argumentative techniques rather than sattire

How do Romantic poets view nature?

Romantics prized experiences of beauty and majesty of nature, They were intrigued by the ways that nature and the human mind act upon each other

Explain the meaning of the statement that we do "not hear lyrical poetry so much as overhear it"

we hear it as if we are eavesdropping on a private conversation or on someone talking to themselves out loud

How did the Romantic poets view themselves?

They view themselves as a special person, they are endowed with more lively sensibility.

Emphasizes individuality and imagination with mood of decay, dramatic action that is generally violent, love that is destructive, gloomy settings, supernatural, despairing man alone in dark world, setting and atmosphere are more important that characters

Gothic literature

How did Gothic literature mirror the events of the Romantic period?

the Gothic was one way in which people of the age expressed a sense of helplessness about forces beyond control.

Who were the Gothic writers of the Romantic period?

Samuel Coleridge, Mary Shelley, Horace Walpole, and Ann Radcliffe

What economic transformation was England undergoing during the Romantic era?

Europe and industrialization's unsettling economic changes

What did the romantics emphasize about human experience?

poetry is to be about human experience, about the fundamental relationship between the mind and other people and other things.