The impact of the Industrial Revolution on literature The impact of the Industrial Revolution on literature was major. It was a major change on the literature‚ but also in agriculture‚ manufacturing‚ mining‚ and transport. Great Britain’s Industrial Revolution began during the mid-18th century and lasted until the turn of the 20th century. The Industrial Revolution in England was characterized by the replacement of manual labor by machines‚ the emergence of large-scale manufacturing‚ the modernization
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Romanticism Romantic Literature is characterized by a propensity for nature‚ imagination‚ and intuition. It discards the importance of reason and conventions of society. Characteristics of Romanticism are evident throughout Rip Van Winkle. Rip Van Winkle‚ the title character‚ lives by a higher principle which is a notable characteristic of romantic heroes. He is altruistic‚ and helps his neighbors without questions. Another characteristic displayed is Van Winkle’s dislike of town life. He has a
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“Prometheus”. To truly understand “Prometheus” one must first understand the author. Byron’s interpretation of Prometheus is highly reflective of his involvement and support of Romanticism. Romanticism can be defined as an intellectual and cultural reaction to the Enlightenment; without the Enlightenment there would be no Romanticism. English Romantics‚ such as Lord Byron‚ were men of action‚ solitude and imagination. Romantics viewed the individual as isolated from the rest of man. The idea of the “citizen”
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Sir Philip Sidney can be considered as a “Romantic Classicist” according to his An Apology for Poetry. But before analyzing this term we would have a glance of “Classicism” and “Romanticism”. Classicism refers to the appreciation and imitation of Greek and Roman literature‚ art‚ and architecture. Although the term is normally used to describe art derived from ancient influences‚ it can also mean excellence‚ high artistic quality‚ and conservatism. Classical art encompasses antiquity and later works
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through personal emotion and imagination; the truest experience was to be found in nature. The concept of the Sublime strengthened this turn to nature‚ because in wild countrysides the power of the sublime could be felt most immediately. Wordsworth’s romanticism is probably most fully realized in his great autobiographical poem‚ "The Prelude" (1805–50). In search of sublime moments‚ romantic poets wrote about the marvelous and supernatural‚ the exotic‚ and the medieval. But they also found beauty in the
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During the literary movement known as Romanticism‚ it was divided into two subgenres‚ Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism focused on simple living‚ becoming closer to nature and obtaining spirituality through nature‚ and the divinity of man. Dark Romanticism does not focus on the optimistic view of man‚ instead it focuses on the unsuccessful attempts of man to make change. In both “The Birthmark” by and Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Dark
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attitude‚ Huck relies on his own intuition to make decisions. This clash between romanticism and realism is prevalent throughout the book. Tom Sawyer and his grandiose plans represent Romanticism‚ characterized by a belief in the ideal‚ whereas Huck represents realism or the viewing of everything as it actually is‚ without idealization. Twain also uses the characters of Huck and Tom to represent a conflict between Romanticism and Realism‚ as well as a conflict between Society and Freedom. In The Adventures
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The Transcendentalists‚ who were based in New England‚ believed that intuition and the individual conscience “transcend” experience and thus are better guides to truth than are the senses and logical reason. Influenced by Romanticism‚ the Transcendentalists respected the individual spirit and the natural world‚ believing that divinity was present everywhere‚ in nature and in each person. The Transcendentalists included Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ Bronson Alcott
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the mysterious‚ supernatural ways of science and nature. Romanticism is also seen throughout the novel. Romanticism allows this novel to be more linked to a gothic novel and to one of the major themes; nature. Shelly uses these ideas of a gothic and romantic novel to make the genre appealing‚ make it able to connect to other horror tales‚ and how she makes it fascinating to the reader. Mary Shelly uses Gothic literature and Romanticism to reveal the true way of darkness and how horror and love
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Romanticism and Slave Narratives: Transatlantic Testimonies. University of Cambridge‚ 2000. Helen Thomas is lecturer in English at Queen Mary and Westfield College‚ University of London. Her 2000 text explores the connections between literature produced by
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