The Romantic Period in English Literature | A short description of the The Romantic Period in English Literature || Learning The Easy Way
The Romantic Period:
The Romantic period was started in 1798 and ended in 1832. This period is known as The Golden Age of Lyric or Age of Revolution. The slogan of this period was "Art for Art's Sake".
Definition of Romanticism:
It is not only imitation but a creation with the help of imagination.
Some key features of The Romantic Period:
1. High Imagination.
2. Subjectivity. ( Use of "I" in the poem )
3. Love for Nature.
4. Use of common language.
5. Love for common people.
6. Supernaturalism.
7. Love for freedom and liberty.
8. Spontaneity.
9. Revolutionary Zeal.
Famous Writers of this period:
1. William Wordsworth
2. S.T. Coleridge
3. P.B. Shelley
4. John Keats
5. William Blake
6. Lord Byron
7. Jane Austen
8. Alexander Pushkin
Famous Literary works in this Period:
1. Lyrical Ballads
2. The Daffodils
3. Rainbow
4. Tintern Abbey
5. The Solitary Reaper
6. Michael
7. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
8. Biographia Literaria
9. Christabel
10. Dejection: An Ode
11.Kubla Khan
12. The Revolt of Islam
13. Prometheus Unbound
14. Adonais
15. Ode to the West Wind
16. Ode to a Skylark
17. Ozymandias
18. Ode to a Nightingale
19. Ode on a Grecian Urn
20. Ode to Autumn
21. Isabella
22. Songs of Innocence
23. Songs of Experience
24. Don Juan
25. Child Harold's Pilgrimage
26. Pride and Prejudice
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