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    THEATER FROM RESTORATION THROUGH ROMANTICISM The drama of the English Restoration combined aspects of English and continental Renaissance theater‚ both in playwriting and in theater architecture. French influence was also felt with the introduction of neoclassical ideals into serious English drama. By the eighteenth century‚ there was an attempt to break away from the Italianate traditions. Theater shapes changed‚ and playwrights abandoned the neoclassical ideals in favor of romanticism. As the

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    Naturalism in American Literature 1865 –1900 Beginnings Naturalism evolved as an extreme form of Realism. It was heavily influenced by Darwin’s theory of evolution‚ suggesting that heredity‚ environment‚ and social conditions shaped human character. Beginnings While Naturalism was a philosophy‚ Naturalism in literature began in France. French critic and journalist Emile Zola is considered the founder of Naturalism. Characteristics  The main characteristic of literary naturalism is

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    Topic: Romanticism What are the characteristic features of poetry during the Romantic Movement?  Literary critics consider 1798‚ the year when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their "Lyrical Ballads‚" to mark the beginning of the English Romantic Movement. However‚ its actual beginnings date back to the poetry of Gray‚ Collins‚ Blake and Burns who are regaded as ’Transition Poets’ who lived and wrote at the end of the Neo-Classical Age. Critical opinion is divided as to when the Romantic Movement

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    The history of American Literature starts well before this land was even called America. It has been a great evolution to come from tribal symbols and drawings to today’s Stephen King and Danielle Steele. Literature has gone through many phases and was impacted by great events and ideas in American history. The earliest form of literature in what would one day be known as America were far from what modern day people would consider "Literature". The Natives who inhabited this land first had unwritten

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    ROMANTICISM Romanticism is a movement in literature and the fine arts beginning in the early 19th century. This movement stresses personal emotion‚ free play of the imagination‚ and Love of nature. To begin with‚ this movement stresses personal emotion. Personal emotion is truly how someone feels in their own way. For example‚ this movement can relate to the play “Tartuffe” in which Orgon can’t give or receive love. That’s his personal emotion towards his family and loved ones. Secondly‚ another

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    Romanticism in Literature Romanticism was arguably the largest artistic movement of the late 1700s. Its influence was felt across continents and through every artistic discipline into the mid-nineteenth century and many of its values and beliefs can still be seen in contemporary poetry. The romantic poets had high regard and appreciation of nature‚ beauty and the passive‚ female aspect of life. The six most well-known English authors are Blake‚ William Wordsworth‚ Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ Lord

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    ROMANTICISM What is Romanticism? In literature‚ it was a movement that took place in most countries of the Western World in the late 18th and 19th centuries. It was thought of as a counter-Enlightenment movement. The Romantic period was a very important period of the history of the England. Romantics generally believed in the uniqueness of individual expression as it is attributed by life experience‚ an important dimension of which is frequently national character. The Nature of Romanticism

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    Romanticism in English literature of the Beginning of the 19th Century (The Age of Romanticism) Britain became a large trading empire. The cities grew fast. London remained the largest one. In the 19th century Britain was at its height and self confidence. It was called the "workshop" of the world. The rich feared the poor both in the countryside and in the fast-growing towns. Nevertheless the great emphasis was made on the individual based on interdependence of Man and Nature.

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    Romanticism Romanticism was created by artists who had introduced this art movement in 1750 and 1850‚ which originated from Western Europe indicating the feelings towards the aristocratic‚ social and political to remove the strict rules of classicism. This specific art movement was based from the individualism‚ subjectivism‚ irrationalism‚ imagination‚ emotions and nature of a person’s understanding. Since they were in revolt against the orders‚ they favoured the revival of potentially unlimited

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    The culture of the arts took off during Romanticism. In literature there were leading writers like‚ Wordsworth‚ Shelley‚ Keats‚ and Byron changing how prose was written. In music‚ composers like‚ Beethoven‚ Wagner‚ Chopin‚ and Tchaikovsky were making their romantic impact in music. Romanticism could even be seen in paintings by: Gros‚ Goya‚ and Delacroix. However‚ the biggest cultural impact seen during this time is the invention of the folklore. Hobsbawm believes‚ “The Folk’ could be revolutionary

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