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Romanticism
Romanticism and Dark
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What year was this period of literature? | 1820s-1860s |
| This was a reaction to... | the Age of Reason/ Enlightenment |
| Emphasized -> | emotion, individualism, and nature |
| Rejected | industrialization and rationalism |
| industrialization | change in society where economy went from being based in agriculture to factories |
| rationalism | notion that actions and opinions should be based on reasons and knowledge instead of religious beliefs |
| romanticism explored | individuals emotional experience and imagination |
| themes of -> | nature, supernatural, love, and sublime |
| popularized new literary forms | gothic novel and lyric poetry |
| emily dickinson | lived a reclusive life, wrote over 1800 poems, known for introspective themes |
| emilys poems explored themes of | nature, death, and immorality |
| emilys poems: | slant rhyme, unconventional grammar to explore emotion |