山东农业大学：《英美文学史》课程教学资源（PPT讲稿）Unit 6 The Romantic Age

Unit 6 The romantic age Romantic Authors in England 1. William Blake--not al ways regarded as a Romantic poet; often included in the Pre- R mantic group 2. William Wordsworth 3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Unit 6 The Romantic Age ◼ Romantic Authors in England 1. William Blake--not always regarded as a Romantic poet; often included in the Pre￾Romantic group. 2. William Wordsworth 3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

4. Percy Bysshe Shelley 5. John eats 6. George Gordon, Lord Byron 7.Jane austen

4. Percy Bysshe Shelley 5. John Keats 6. George Gordon, Lord Byron 7. Jane Austen

Romanticism A movement that flourished in literature philosophy, music, and art in western culture during most of the 19th century, beginning as a revolt against classicism. There have been many varieties of romanticism in many different times and places. many of the ideas of english Romanticism were first expressed by the poets William Worthworth and S. T. Coleridge

Romanticism ◼ A movement that flourished in literature, philosophy, music, and art in western culture during most of the 19th century, beginning as a revolt against classicism. There have been many varieties of Romanticism in many different times and places. Many of the ideas of English Romanticism were first expressed by the poets William Worthworth and S. T. Coleridge

Assessment Wordsworth's personality and poetry were deeply influenced by his love of nature, especially by the sights and scenes of the Lake Country in which he spent most of his mature life. A profoundly earnest and sincere thinker, he displayed a high seriousness comparable. at times. to Milton's but tempered with tenderness and a love of simplicity

Assessment ◼ Wordsworth’s personality and poetry were deeply influenced by his love of nature, especially by the sights and scenes of the Lake Country, in which he spent most of his mature life. A profoundly earnest and sincere thinker, he displayed a high seriousness comparable, at times, to Milton’s but tempered with tenderness and a love of simplicity

a Wordsworths earlier work shows the poetic beauty of commonplace things and people as in Margaret, Peter Bell, Michael, and The Idiot boy. His use of the language of ordinary speech was heavily criticized, but it helped to rid English poetry of the more artificial conventions of 18th-century diction. Among his other well known poems are"Lucy'( She dwelt among the untrodden ways ),"The Solitary Reaper Resolution and Independence, Daffodils The rainbow and the sonnet The World Is Too Much with Us

◼ Wordsworth’s earlier work shows the poetic beauty of commonplace things and people as in “Margaret,” “Peter Bell,” “Michael,” and “The Idiot Boy.” His use of the language of ordinary speech was heavily criticized, but it helped to rid English poetry of the more artificial conventions of 18th-century diction. Among his other well￾known poems are “Lucy” (“She dwelt among the untrodden ways”), “The Solitary Reaper,” “Resolution and Independence,” “Daffodils,” “The Rainbow,” and the sonnet “The World Is Too Much with Us

Although Wordsworth was venerated in the 19th cent. by the early 20th cent. his reputation had declined. He was criticized for the unevenness of his poetry, for his rather marked capacity for bathos, and for his transformation from an open minded liberal to a cramped conservative. In recent years, however, Wordsworth has again been recognized as a great English poeta profound, original thinker who created a new poetic tradition

◼ Although Wordsworth was venerated in the 19th cent., by the early 20th cent. his reputation had declined. He was criticized for the unevenness of his poetry, for his rather marked capacity for bathos, and for his transformation from an open￾minded liberal to a cramped conservative. In recent years, however, Wordsworth has again been recognized as a great English poet—a profound, original thinker who created a new poetic tradition

LYRICAL BALLADS (1798) 1 It is the honorable characteristic of poetry that 2 its materials are to be found in every sub ject 3 which can interest the human mind The evidence of this fact is to be sought, not in the 5 writings of critics, but in those of poets themselves

◼ LYRICAL BALLADS (1798) 1 It is the honorable characteristic of Poetry that 2 its materials are to be found in every subject 3 which can interest the human mind. The evidence of this fact is to be sought, not in the 5 writings of Critics, but in those of Poets themselves

I Wandered Lonely as a cloud I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills When all at once i saw a crowd A host, of golden daffodils Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ◼ I wandered lonely as a cloud ◼ That floats on high o'er vales and hills, ◼ When all at once I saw a crowd, ◼ A host, of golden daffodils; ◼ Beside the lake, beneath the trees, ◼ Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. ◼ Continuous as the stars that shine ◼ And twinkle on the milky way, ◼ They stretched in never-ending line ◼ Along the margin of a bay: ◼ Ten thousand saw I at a glance, ◼ Tossing their heads in sprightly dance

The waves beside them danced: but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee a poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company: I gazed---and gazed---but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude And then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils

◼ The waves beside them danced; but they ◼ Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: ◼ A poet could not but be gay, ◼ In such a jocund company: ◼ I gazed---and gazed---but little thought ◼ What wealth the show to me had brought: ◼ For oft, when on my couch I lie ◼ In vacant or in pensive mood, ◼ They flash upon that inward eye ◼ Which is the bliss of solitude; ◼ And then my heart with pleasure fills, ◼ And dances with the daffodils

John Keats(1795-1821 a critical reception of his poetry: not much read during his lifetime harshly judged by critics belief arose that negative criticism hastened his death(see Norton p. 767 for refutation of this theory Keats wrote to his brother georgeI think i shall be among the english poets after my death

John Keats (1795-1821) ◼ critical reception of his poetry: - not much read during his lifetime - harshly judged by critics - belief arose that negative criticism hastened his death (see Norton p. 767 for refutation of this theory) - Keats wrote to his brother George "I think I shall be among the English poets after my death