ROMANTIC AUTHORS

CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTIC LITERATURE

• Imagination and emotion are more important than reason.
• Emphasis on nature
• Follows intuitive feelings
• Mystical,supernatural, or exotic themes
• Rebellion and human rights (Odessa.edu)

ROMANTIC PERIOD

• Originated in Europe
• Reaction to industrial revolution and Age of Enlightenment
• Approximately 1800-1850 at its peak.
• Emphasized in visual arts, music and literature, politics, education, science.
• Growth of nationalism (faculty.unlv.edu)

JANE AUSTEN

• December 16, 1775-July 18, 1817.
• Born in England, one of seven children of a rector
• Spent her childhood reading and performing plays.
• Novels: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility.
• Her work did not become popular until after her death (biography.com)

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

• October 21, 1772-July 25, 1834, England.
• Sent to boarding school after his father died.
• Read incessantly, wrote poetry and played by himself.
• Poems: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan.
• Suffered from poor physical and mental health (faculty.unlv.edu)

MARY SHELLEY

• August 30,1797-February 1, 1851, England.
• Raised by her father after her mother died.
• Married Percy Bysshe Shelley in1816.
• Three of her children died, as well as her husband.
• Novels: Frankenstein, Lodore, and Falkner(online literature.com).

DOROTHY WORDSWORTH

• December 25, 1771-January 25, 1855, England.
• Both parents died early in her life, sent to live with her aunt.
• Brother William is also a famous poet.
• Never married, lived with William all her adult life.
• Journal: guide to the Lake District "Grasmere" (poetry foundation.org).

IMPACT ON LITERATURE

• Pushed back against the machine era of industrial revolution.
• Invited people to dream again,explore he supernatural.
• Creativity and imagination in all areas of life (articlemyriad.com).

WORKS CITED

• "British Romanticism." faculty.unlv.edu 1-26-14.
• "Characteristics." Odessa.edu 1-26-14.
• "Jane Austen." The biography channel website;2014.
• "Mary Shelley." online literature.com. 1-26-14.
• "Dorothy Wordsworth." poetryfoundationorg. 1-26-14.

WORKS CITED

• "Samuel Taylor Coleridge." faculty.unlv.edu. 1-26-14.
• "Impact on literature." articlemyriad.com. 1-26-14.