An overview slideshow that explores the characteristics and features of the Romantic movement - not probably much use without my teaching notes but you might find something nevertheless! I use this to teach A level students.
2. The EnlightenmentLate 17th – Late 18th Century Western civilization’s attempt to seek through reason a means to understand human problems without involving conflicting traditions The search for universal meaning and understanding.
29. The Romantic hero tends to be: A sensitive man of feeling A rebellious outsider A traveller / a Quester A visionary Seeks union with the infinite
30. The Romantic aesthetic embraced: Madness Criminality Abnormal behaviour Pornography Excess The irrationality of experience Anything which was considered off limits by the rational moralists of the Enlightenment.