romantic time

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Periods of Literary History: Romantic(1790-1832) 

Historical background:

• 1790-1832
• French revolution
• Agricultural revolution

Famous romantic literary figures

William Wordsworth

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Lord Byron

William Wordsworth

• 7 april, 1770
• poet of nature
• Pantheism
• 1850

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• 1772
• bible and Arabian night
• Opium Eater
• 1834

Lord Byron

• 1788
• the Rebel poet 
• first work at 19
• 1824

analysing the poem

• 1815 
  
• ABABAB
• alliteration

Time for a game:

When did the romantic perdiod start and when did it end?

1. 1790-1832
2. 1780-1790
3. 1690-1732
4. 1890-1931

In which town was William Wordsworth born?

1. Stanford
2. Londen
3. Bornmouth
4. Cockermouth

What did Samuel Taylor Coleridge read as a child before turning five?

1. the Bible
2. the Bible and Arabian nights
3. Adult books and the Bible
4. Adult books

Where was George Gordon Byron born?

1. London
2. New York
3. Washington
4. Stanford

Why did people leave the countryside and moved to cities during the Romantic Period?

1. Because they wanted to become writers
2. The Industrial Revolution provided jobs and new technologies in cities.
3. They wanted a better life
4. People stayed on the countryside rather than moving to the city