English Romanticism

Romanticism developed as a reaction to ....

• French Revolution

• Iluminism

• Industrial Revolution

• Poverty and oppression of workers

What were the economic effects of the Industrial Revolution?

• Upper and middle classes were prosperous while workers lived in degrading poverty.

• It was a fraud because it destroyed British economy.

• All classes faced economic upheaval and prospered.

• It stimulated the good relationship between all social classes.

The ideals of the French Revolution were liberty, equality and fraternity, which inspired many English romantic poets.

• True

• False

Romanticism revolted against order and traditionalism of the Age of Reason.

• True

• False

What did the Romantics prefer?

• beauty of nature

• industrial towns

• wealth and power

• travel opportunities

What is typical of Romanticism?

• Stress on individual thoughts and personal feelings

• Stress on universal thoughts and ideas

During the Romantic era, Gothic literature emerged, which of the following are examples of this theme (select 2 answers):

• Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

• The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

• Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

• Beowulf

William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge published ...

• I wandered lonely as a cloud

• Lyrical Ballads

• Ivanhoe

Fear, horror and supernatural elements can be found in ...

• Romantic poetry

• Medieval dramas

• Gothic fiction

Jane Austen has been a widely read author of all times.

• True

• False