Skip to main content

The romantic movement

The age of Wordsworth is called the Romantic age the romantic age is supposed to begin in 1798 bridges the year in which Wordsworth in lyrical ballads were published in the poem published under the heading lyrical ballads are the first collection of romantic poems and the prepares to them with the first programmable to the romantic theory of poetry and its appreciation the romantic age covering to generation of poets officially came to its end in 1837 when Queen Victoria succeeded to The throne and marked the beginning of the Victorian age the beginning of the Victorian age was taken to be the end of romantic period.


W G Long says the romantic movement was marked and is always marked by a strong reaction and protest against the  of rule and custom which in science and technology as well as in Literature generally tend to pata the free human spirit and other cricket cause it and is of wonder on the adventurous side is Wordsworth remarks which it deals with old and Happy Father of things and battles in long ago.


the romantic movement is popularly known by two terms the romantic revival and the romantic revolt as the romantic revival it seeks to revive the political ideas of the origin with age love beauty emotion imagination romance and beauty of nature were the ideas of elizabethan poetry all these ideas are predominantly found in the poetry of Wordsworth call recharge shaili kids Byron and other romantic poets.


the romantic movement is also called romantic revolt because it revolted against the discipline urbanity intellectualism and the satirical spirit of the neoclassical poetry of the eighteenth century the new classical poetry was mechanical and artificial bread in the head not in the heart the romantic poetry revolt against it it was deeply marked with imaginative flight and emotional purview emotionalism is its most remarkable feature.


the romantic period in English literature is clearly divisible into two generation of poet to the first generation belong Wordsworth college Walter Scott and Robert Saudi they are known as older poets the second generation of the romantic words include lord Byron Shelley and Beats they are known as younger poets.


the romantic period in English literature came immediately after the French revolution in fact Wordsworth actually went to France during the French revolution the impact of three great ideas of the French revolution Liberty equality fraternity deeply influenced in the spirit of romantic poetry in England.

romantic poetry is largely lyrical rather than intellectual or satirical as such there is an abundance of lyrics songs donates oats egotistical poem in romantic poetry Love poetry came into prominence in the romantic period Wordsworth became the champion of nature pottery nature for Wordsworth was not merely a beautiful landscape but an award of God and moral evil elevation.

cold region kids recreated for us the mediaeval word turning it into a make believe that on the principle of willing suspension of disbelief.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Alexandar Pope biography and works

  ALEXANDAR POPE He is a poet of Neo Classical period and Augustan age. Neo Classical period - 1660- 1785 Augustan age- 1700- 1745 Augustan age focus on reason and logic( indespensable century) Life span- 1688-1744 Known as master of Heroic Couplet Roman catholic, hunch back problem Mathew Arnold  - “ Pope & Dryden are classics of our prose”. Studied at Twyford school most of his studies are self studied Tuberculosis, Associated with Scriblerus group ( found in 1713)   Pastoral   1st poem written by Pope Based on Roman poet Virgil's works Heroic Couplet Published in 1709 The Dunciad Published - (1728- 1743), anonymously . Mock heroic poem in iambic pentameter Inspired by Dryden's Macflecknoe Comic version of Virgil's Aenid. The Dunciad Verrorium (1729) The New Dunciad (1742) The Dunciad in four books (1743) Celebration of goddes Dullness King Of.Dunces- Tibbald ( Theobald) After revision - Tibbald was replaced by Colly cibber as king of Dunces AN ESSAY ON CR...

William Wordsworth

Questions ON William Wordsworth (Important For Various Exams) Q1- Wordsworth was popularly known as the poet of: Ans - Lake District Q2- After whom Wordsworth became the poet laureate of England? Ans- Robert Southey Q3-Who accused Wordsworth of being a 'Lost Leader’? Ans- Robert Browning Q4- Wordsworth wrote a Sonnet on Ans- Milton Q5-”Stern daughter is the voice of God!” Who is this stern daughter- Ans- Duty Q6- “The cottage which was named the evening star” Whose cottage is referred to?- Ans- O f Michael Q7- What kind of poem is Laodamia ? Ans - A narrative poem Q8- When was P reface to Lyrical Ballad published ? Ans- 1800 Q9 - W ho is termed as the ‘Harbinger Of Nature’ : Ans - Wordsworth Q10- Wordsworth died on – Ans-1850 Q11 “The Sonnet on sonnet “ is a Sonnet by Ans – Wordsworth Q12-”Nature never did betray the heart that loved her”.       From which poems are these lines quoted? Ans- Tintern Abbey Q13-...

R.K. Narayan

  Most important questions on R.K. Narayan (Indian English Writer) R.K. Narayan ( Padma Vibhushan-2000, Padma Bhushan, 1964) Introduction: Full name of the writer is Rasipuram Krishanaswami Iyer Narayanswami(1906-2001). He was an leading Indian writer along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. Naryan is famous for his work set in the fictional town set in Malgudi. He was awarded with Sahitya Akadmi in 1960 for his novel 'The Guide'. He was nominated for The Nobel Prize in literature multiple times but never won it. Q1- When was R.K. Narayan Born? Ans- 1906 Q2- The full name of R.K.narayan is-  Ans- Rashipuram Krishna Swami Iyer Narayanswami Q3. In which year R.K Narayan got the sahitya Academy award? Ans- 1960 Q4. Who was the mentor of R.K Narayan? Ans- Graham Greene. Q5. Name the novel of R.K Narayan in which Malgudi was first introduced? Ans- Swami and friends Q6. Who called “ Swami and Friends” 'A Book In Ten Thousand” ? Ans- Graham Greene Q7. Name the protagonist of Swami ...