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1、TheRomanticPeriod (1798-1832)IntroductionEnglishRomanticismbeginsin1798withthepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge’sTheLyricalBalladsandendsin1832withWalterScott’sdeath.WilliamBlakeandRobertBurnsalsobelongtothisliterarygenre,thoughtheylivepriortotheRomanticperiod.WhatisRomanticis
2、mRomanticismisamovementthatemergedasareactionagainstNeoclassicism新古典主義,theageprecedingtheRomanticmovement.TheNeoclassicalagewasalsocalledthe“TheageofEnlightenment”,whichemphasizedonreasonandlogic.TheRomanticperiodwantedtobreakawayfromthetraditionsandconventionsthatweredeartotheN
3、eoclassicalageandmakewayforindividualityandexperimentation.DefinitionfromWikipediaRomanticism(ortheRomanticEraorthe"'RomanticPeriod"')wasanartistic,literaryandintellectualmovementthatoriginatedinthesecondhalfofthe18thcenturyinEurope,andgainedstrengthinreactiontotheIndustrialRevo
4、lution.Inpart,itwasarevolt反叛;反抗againstaristocraticsocialandpoliticalnorms標(biāo)準(zhǔn),規(guī)范oftheAgeofEnlightenmentandareactionagainstthescientificrationalizationofnature.Itwasembodiedmoststronglyinthevisualarts,music,andliterature,buthadamajorimpactonhistoriography,educationandnaturalhistory
5、.HistoricalBackgroundPolitically:theFrenchRevolution"DeclarationofRightsofMan"(1791-2),ThomasPaine"InquiryconcerningPoliticalJustice"(1793),WilliamGodwin"AVindicationoftheRightsofWoman"(1792),MaryWollstonecraftWorkers’MovementEconomically:theIndustrialRevolutionContinuedfastchan
6、gestookplacebothinthecountryandinthecities;Manyfarmhandsdrivenoutoflandrushedintothecity;Womenandchildrenwereemployedascheaplabor;Newmachinesweresetup,renderingmanyoutofwork;Disparitywasgrowingbetweentherichandthepoor;IdeologicallyTheprincipleofRationwasgivingwaytoanindividualiz
7、ed,free,liberal,imaginativeattitudetowardslife;atendencytoturnorescapefromthetumultuous嘈雜的動亂的andconfusingsocietyCharacteristicsofRomanticismLoveofNature:TheRomanticsgreatlyemphasizedontheimportanceofnature,andoneofthemaincharacteristicsofRomanticisminpoetryisthebeautyofnaturefou
8、ndinthecountrylife.Thiswasmainlybecausetheindus
