Romantic Period Summation

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During the late 1700’s there was a literary movement happening in Europe and America that went through till the mid 1800’s. This period was later named the Romantic Period. The Romantic Period’s characteristics were –to no surprise- completely different from the characteristics of the Enlightenment period. Romanticism was a rebellion against the rational, formal, reasonable period of the Enlightenment. The Romantic Movement put emotions over reason. Feelings and senses were more important than ideas and thoughts. Because of this writers from this period wrote more imaginatively and unrealistic, in contrast to the realism and reasoning from the Enlightenment Period. Another difference between the writers from the Romantic period and those from the Enlightenment Period was the concern for the individual, rather than for society and fulfilling your role within society. (Romanticism. (2007, December 17). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 03:46, December 18, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romanticism&oldid=178576207) The main forms written during this time were poetry, novels, lyrics, odes, and ballads. A big difference from the literature of the past was the use of everyday language in poetry. The language used by the common man was now used in writing. Also, women were now more likely to be significant characters in literature, and women authors were more common. Some famous women authors from this period are Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth, and Mary Wollstonecraft. All of whom were novelists. (Romantic Period. In About.com. Retrieved December 18, 2007, from http://classiclit.about.com/od/britishromantics/a/aa_britromantic.htm) There were several key authors during the Romantic Period, within these there were two generations of authors. The first were William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. They presented new ideas in
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