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1、TheRomanticPeriod (1798-1832)IntroductionEnglishRomanticismbeginsin1798withthepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge’sTheLyricalBalladsandendsin1832withWalterScott’sdeath.WilliamBlakeandRobertBurnsalsobelongtothisliterarygenre,thoughtheylivepriortotheRomant
2、icperiod.WhatisRomanticismRomanticismisamovementthatemergedasareactionagainstNeoclassicism新古典主义,theageprecedingtheRomanticmovement.TheNeoclassicalagewasalsocalledthe“TheageofEnlightenment”,whichemphasizedonreasonandlogic.TheRomanticperiodwantedtobreakawa
3、yfromthetraditionsandconventionsthatweredeartotheNeoclassicalageandmakewayforindividualityandexperimentation.DefinitionfromWikipediaRomanticism(ortheRomanticEraorthe"'RomanticPeriod"')wasanartistic,literaryandintellectualmovementthatoriginatedinthesecond
4、halfofthe18thcenturyinEurope,andgainedstrengthinreactiontotheIndustrialRevolution.Inpart,itwasarevolt反叛;反抗againstaristocraticsocialandpoliticalnorms标准,规范oftheAgeofEnlightenmentandareactionagainstthescientificrationalizationofnature.Itwasembodiedmoststron
5、glyinthevisualarts,music,andliterature,buthadamajorimpactonhistoriography,educationandnaturalhistory.HistoricalBackgroundPolitically:theFrenchRevolution"DeclarationofRightsofMan"(1791-2),ThomasPaine"InquiryconcerningPoliticalJustice"(1793),WilliamGodwin"
6、AVindicationoftheRightsofWoman"(1792),MaryWollstonecraftWorkers’MovementEconomically:theIndustrialRevolutionContinuedfastchangestookplacebothinthecountryandinthecities;Manyfarmhandsdrivenoutoflandrushedintothecity;Womenandchildrenwereemployedascheaplabor
7、;Newmachinesweresetup,renderingmanyoutofwork;Disparitywasgrowingbetweentherichandthepoor;IdeologicallyTheprincipleofRationwasgivingwaytoanindividualized,free,liberal,imaginativeattitudetowardslife;atendencytoturnorescapefromthetumultuous嘈杂的动乱的andconfusin
8、gsocietyCharacteristicsofRomanticismLoveofNature:TheRomanticsgreatlyemphasizedontheimportanceofnature,andoneofthemaincharacteristicsofRomanticisminpoetryisthebeautyofnaturefoundinthecountrylife.Thiswasmainlybecausetheindus
