1. AN OVERVIEW OF THE ROMANTIC
PERIOD
Veniel Morgan

2. ROMANTIC PERIOD
The Romantic period is a literary movement
Originated in England in 1798 and ended
1832
 The Romantic period was not only about
Literature, but was also about art and music.
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3. LITERATURE IN THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
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The literary and artistic movement known as
Romanticism originated (with the publication
of the “Lyrical Ballads”, a collection of poems
by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor
Coleridge)

4. WRITERS OF THE LYRICAL BALLADS
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

5. ROMANTIC PERIOD
The era was a reaction against the Age of
Reason that saw both the American and the
French Revolutions.
 . Romanticism emphasized everything the
previous age had not.
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6. TENETS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
Feelings, emotions
 Fantasy- The heart over the head--mysticism
and instinct, natural man over civilized man.
 Nature- they saw nature as a source of
inspiration.
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7. WHAT HAPPENED…IMPACTS
King George iii was king
 In Britain there was instability, uncertainty, it
was a time of war-social and political
upheavals.
 The Romantic period marked the beginning
of the Industrial age/ revolution.
 The American and French Revolution.
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8. 
War in Britain
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War….

9. Britain before
Industrialization
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Britain after

10. FALLING OF THE BASTILLE
REIGN OF TERROR- HEADS
SURROUNDING THE GUILLOTINE
THINGS THAT CHARACTERISED FRENCH
REVOLUTION

11. END OF
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