Romanticism Case

ROMANTICISM

Social&Political Context

Cultural Climate

-art&fashion

-literature 1750-1870

-England 1789-1830

-romanticism first in the 18th century; romance-like

-pre-romantic

Influence: social, political, economic changes

new developments in psychology&metaphysics

Industrial Revolution

French Revolution

American Revolution

J.J. Rousseau, W. Godwin, folk literature

The negative effect of the Industrial Revolution

Agricultural economy - Industrial (machines replace manual labour; division of labour)

Mass production , science & practical knowledge

1. Ind. Rev. in the 18th c in Great Britain and America

2. In. Rev. in the 19th c in the US and Europe

3. in the 20th c

consequences:

-loss of jobs (security), long working hours, low wages, child labour, woman labour

-drift to the cities - development of growth, overpopulation of cities

example: Songs of Experience: London

-pollution

-capitalism

-Social Darwinism (survival of the fittest)

-rise of the middle class (leads to political revolution) 18th & 19th c

The French Lieutenant's Woman by J. Fowles

The French Revolution 1789-1799

The fall of Bastille

-equality

-national assembly

-Paris= centre of power

-Changes:

Reconstitution of the state

Social and religious changes

Guilds removed

Minor religious groups allowed

Legacy

Ideas: liberty, equality, democracy, nationalism

The American Revolution

-War of Independence