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Who wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
100
What replaced the logic and reasoning of the renaissance?
Imagination and intuition (Distrust of Reason)
100
What revolution happened between 1789-1799?
French Revolution
100
Many poets wrote about the failings of what ideals?
Democratic
100
What theme featured revere of medieval time peiod?
Gothic and Romanesque Revival.
200
What did Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth publish together?
Lyrical Ballads
200
What is Glorification of Nature about?
Escape from Industrialism Nature Indifferent to Man Overwhelming Power of Nature
200
What was the Abolitionist Movement about?
Efforts to abolish slavery and bring equal rights to all men.
200
What movements for equality took place during this time period
Abolitionist movement and Women's Rights movements.
200
Who wrote We Are Seven?
William Wordsworth
300
Who was the author of Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?
Lord Byron
300
What is Distrust of Reason about?
Imagination and intuition replaced the logic and reasoning of the Renaissance
300
What was the Women's Rights Movement about?
Informed women began to speak for themselves and demanded equal rights
300
Why did French, American, Haitian, and many other citizens revolt across the world during the Romantic Period?
Through the spread of democratic ideals they revolted to take down monarchies and establish democratic republics
300
Who wrote in the "real language of men"?
William Wordsworth
400
What poet foreshadowed the Romantic Age through his creative writing involving philosophical and mystical themes?
William Blake
400
What theme focuses on the unknown and unknowable?
The Supernatural
400
What did the French Revolution signal?
An end to monarchies and and emergence of democracy.
400
Social upheaval can be seen from which two revolutions during the romantic period?
French revolution and American revolution.
400
What change to poetry did the effects of British literature bring?
structure and formality gave way to emotion and spontaneity.
500
What year was Lyrical Ballads published?
1798
500
List the six themes
Individualism Glorification of nature Distrust of Reason Gothic and romanesque revival Nationalism The supernatural
500
What year did William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge meet?
1795
500
Many social aspects changed during this time period. Name two
Art Literature Music Society
500
What group was Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth a part of together?
Lake Poets
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