2. 1. What do you think of when you hear the word “Romantic”? 2. Why do you think this word is used to define this literary genre?

3.  Major events  Rapid industrialization, harsh working conditions  American and French Revolutions  Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty  Pasteur—innoculation against rabies  Photography, telegraph, x-rays, internal combustion engine  Marx— Communist Manifesto

4.  “I feel, therefore I am”  Ability to change things doesn’t make it right  Pessimism  Early environmentalism  Rights of individuals, democracy  Emotion and passion  Nostalgia for the Middle Ages  Imagination, supernatural, mystery

5. Victorianism (1837-1901) Named after Queen Victoria Period of British history marked by expansion of empire She was known for strict morality

6.  How would you describe the following piece from the Romantic Era?

11. Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night; God said, Let Newton be! and all was light. Alexander Pope

12. One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:-- We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up those barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives. William Wordsworth