Characteristics
Is Distrust in civilization and anti-industrialism a characteristic of romanticism?
Yes
Who wrote the Danse Macabre?
Stephen King
Who wrote the Masque of the Red Death?
Edgar Allan Poe
Is interest in supernatural a characteristic of Romanticism?
Yes
Romantics stressed the awe of nature in art and language and the experience of awe through a connection with nature. What characteristic is this?
Awe of nature (profound love for beauties of natural landscape)
Romantics believed childhood is good and the emotions (like nostalgia) inspired by childhood/innocence caused the heart to soar. What characteristic is this?
Innocence
What story did people believe that the whole story was IMAGINATION of the person's mind?
The Masque of the Red Death
When was Danse Macabre written?
1874
When was Masque of the Red Death written?
1842
Who had phenomenal success began in 1974, with the publication of Carrie?
Stephen King
“Who dares?” he demanded hoarsely of the courtiers who stood near him—“who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? Seize him and unmask him—that we may know whom we have to hang at sunrise, from the battlements!” Is said in the masque of the red death. What Characteristic of Romanticism is being shown here?
Strong senses, emotions, and feelings (Spontaneous overflow of emotion)
Who told tales of the ghastly and the grotesque are peopled with distraught narrators, deranged heroes, and doomed heroines?
Edgar Allan Poe
Where does the Danse Macabre take place?
Charnel house at Holy Innocents' Cemetery, Paris
Where does the Masque of the Red Death take place?
The castellated abbey
But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and lighthearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court. This was said in the Masque of the Red Death. What characteristic is this?
Celebration of the Individual (concern with individual freedom)