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30 Cards in this Set
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1. Poet-prophet
2. Deification of nature 3. Romantic triad 4. “Conversation poems” 5. Celebrating the ordinary 6. Interest in the Supernatural 7. Power of the Imagination 8. Individualism 9. The Sublime 10.Apocalypse and spiritual renewal |
Themes of Romanticism
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Addressed to someone
Description of natural scene Meditation on meaning of nature |
Conversation Poems
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Spiritual world
Natural world Humanity Poet Prophet in the middle |
Triad
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*the hero is gloomy, brooding
*superior to his fellow humanity, misanthropic *individualistic *rebellious *willing to challenge the status quo *Poet-prophet, can read the book of nature *He suffers, but not in vain – suffers for wisdom *He is a quester, a pilgrim, looking for deeper knowledge |
Byronic Hero
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*Social conformity
*Art as morally useful and instructive *Religious piety *Strictly enforced gender roles *Patriotism for “English Values” *Celebration of empire *Romanticism out of fashion *Decorum and elaborate decorative language *Literature about idealized subjects *Easy to read “messages” in poetry *Focus on the exterior person, like social rank and position |
Victorian
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*Return to individualism
*Art for arts sake *Doubt and skepticism *Redefinition of gender roles *Questioning of English values *Decline and decay of empire *Return to some Romantic values (interest in nature, individual artist as rebel, literary experimentation) *Simpler, more realistic language *Literature about everyday, mundane subjects *Difficult, ambiguous, or obscure meanings *Focus on the interior, private world, inner thoughts and feelings |
Modernism
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imagism
vorticism feminism cubism futurism surrealism |
the 'ism's' of Modernism
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Arnold
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*Dover Beach
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Brooke
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*Soldier
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E.B.Browning
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*Cry of the Children
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R. Browning
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*Dark Tower
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^Doolittle (HD Imagiste)
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*Oread-greek nymph of mntns
*Sea Rose-death / life of frailty |
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^Eliot
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elitist
*Love song - Alfred J Prufrock fragmented setting |
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Ellis
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*Women of england
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Hardy
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*Hap
*Darkling thrush |
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^Hulme
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published 6
rebel force behind modernism *Autumn |
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^Joyce
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*Dead
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^Wyndham Lewis
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Blast-mag. editor & founder
fascist died due to WW1 |
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^Mina Loy
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futurist movement
*Fem. Manifesto |
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Owen
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*Doomed youth
*dulce et decorum |
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Patmore
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*Paragon
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^Pound
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Hailey, Idaho
supported fascism arrested committed to asylum *Few don'ts *Station of the metro-simple, complex beauty |
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C Rossetti
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*Goblin
*Apple |
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D Rossetti
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*Damozel
*Body *Soul |
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Stevenson
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*Jekyll/ Hyde
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Tennyson
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*Shalott
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Thomas
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alcoholic
contradictory life and work powerful individual died young *Gentle into the night-violence and tenderness image holds the seed of its own destruction |
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Wilde
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*Dorian Gray
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^Yeats
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hybridized irish english tradition
Nietzsche influenced him *2nd coming- *Leda Swan-sexual? |
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Imagism
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directness
economy musical rhythm |
