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Romanticism

1750－1850Romanticism—Romanticismwasamovementinliteraturethatcameintobeinginthelatterhalfofthe18thcenturyanddominatedmuchofEuropeancultureinthefirsthalfofthe19thcentury.Itwascharacterizedbyrelianceontheimaginationandsubjectivityofnature.TheFrenchphilosopher,Rousseau,isgenerallyregardedasthefatherofromanticism.Wordsworth,ColeridgeandSoutheyarepassiveromanticpoets;Byron,ShelleyandKeatsarecalledactivepoets.WilliamWordsworth(1770-1850)LakePoets--Wordsworth,ColeridgeandSoutheyhaveoftenbeenmentionedasthe“lakepoets”becausetheylivedintheLakedistrictinthenorthwesternpartofEngland.Thethreetraversedthesamepathinpoliticsandinpoetry,beginningasradicalsandclosingasconservatives.Tothem,literatureisameanstoescapefromtheturbulenceandrevolutionoftherealworld.LifeEarlyyears:bornandgrewupintheLakeDistrict1787:CambridgeUniversity1790-91:tourtoFrance1797:friendshipwithColeridge1799:settledintheLakeDistrict1843:PoetLaureatePoeticprinciplesPrefacetoLyricalBallads:themanifestooftheEnglishRomanticismPoetry:“Allgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings.”Subjectmatters:incidentsandsituationsfromcommonlifeNatureinspirespoetryWordsworthdefinespoetryas:“thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings,

whichoriginatesinemotionrecollectedintranquility.”------LyricalBallads诗歌是强烈情感的自然流露，它起源于在平静中回忆起来的情感。PercyByssheShelley(1792-1822)1.life2.ThethemeandstyleofOdetotheWestWindThefirststanzaisthedescriptionofthepowerofwestwindontheland.Thesecondoneisaboutthepowerofthewindintheair.Thethirdonedescribesthewindinthesea.Thefourthoneistheexpressionofthepoet’sstrongdesiretojointheforceofthewindandhisdissatisfactionwiththereality.Thelastoneshowsthepoet’sdeterminationandconfidenceinthefuture.Thepoemisendedwiththefamousline,”ifwintercomes,canspringbefarbehind?”thethemeofthepoemisthemixtureofdeathandrebirth.Thewestwind,imageofthepoethimself,isthesymbolofthedestroyeroftheoldaswellasthepreserverofthenew.Eachstanzaismadeupoffourunitsofterzarimacompletedbyacouplet.Thefirstandthethirdlinesrhymeandthesecondlineprovideswithanewrhymeforthenextunit.Theinterlockingrhymegivesthereaderafeelingofonwardmotion.Thepoetusesvariousrhetoricaldevices,makingthepoemmorevividandcolourful.JohnKeats.Thenarratorinteractswiththeurninamannersimilartohowacriticwouldrespondtothepoem,whichcreatesambiguityi