What is Romanticism

The romantics are “amorous of the far”, they try to escape from the familiar or real world of sufferings, pain and mutability to an imaginary ideal world.

Social factors that contributed to the development of Romanticism?

The social factors that led to the development of the literary trend of Romanticism are firstly, the French Revolution and secondly, the skepticism about the existing society

How did the Romantics conceive the idea of Imagination

To poet like Coleridge, “willing suspension of disbelief” constitutes the poetic faith.

Concept of Nature in poetry in the Romantic Period

Wordsworth believed that contact with Nature would restore the individual to calm serenity.

Coleridge’s idea of romanticism in his poetry

Coleridge believed in “willing suspension of disbelief.” in his poetry.

John Keats’ idea of romanticism in his poetry

Keats believed that whatever is beautiful is as real as truth. Keats rejects mimetic theory of art. For him, imagination’s creation of truth is beauty.

Keats conceive the idea of ‘Negative Capability’

John Keats asserts that ‘Negative Capability‘ must be an intrinsic characteristic of imagination.

The concept of supernaturalism in Romantic Poetry

The Romantics feel the presence of unseen power in Nature. They are attracted by the stories of fairies, ghosts and witchcraft.

Poetic creed of Wordsworth in his poetry in the Romantic Period

Wordsworth professes that imagination gives a colouring novelty to the natural emotions and poetry is a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.”

Superiority of Nature in Romantic period?

The Romantic Period has been often described as a ‘Return to Nature’. Nature to the Romantics did not only mean sights and sounds of Nature, but also mean the elemental simplicities of life.

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