1. Romanticism William Blake

6. The movement Resulting in part from the libertarian and egalitarian ideals of the French Revolution, the romantic movement was a revolt against the prescribed rules of classicism. The basic aims of romanticism were various: a return to nature and to belief in the goodness of humanity; the rediscovery of the artist as a supremely individual creator; the development of nationalistic pride; and the exaltation of the senses and emotions over reason and intellect. In addition, romanticism was a philosophical revolt against rationalism.

7. Blake was a nonconformist who associated with some of the leading radical thinkers of his day He championed imagination over reason in the creation of both his poetry and images, asserting that ideal forms should be constructed not from observations of nature but from inner visions. He declared in one poem, "I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's."