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"Officially" began with publication of Wordsworth's 1798 "Lyrical Ballads."
-England, 1798-1870.
-Imagination over reason
-Prompted by industrialism and Enlightenment era focus on reason
-Love of nature, class egalitarianism, truth is revealed in nature
-God is discoverable in nature
-Victor Hugo: "Liberalism in literature |
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| A philosophical romanticism. Not the same as the romantic movement, but is related in its key concepts. |
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-Philosophical movement characterized by faith in reason and the scientific method. Humans can perfect themselves.
-"God is dead"
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-1798
-William Wordsworth
-Intended to mirror how human mind works; non-rhyming |
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| Poetry lacking rhyme or a regular meter. |
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| The sequential repetition of the first part of a sentence to emphasize a point. |
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| A long, lyrical poem, serious in subject matter and often intellectual in tone, elevated and dignified, and dealing with a single theme. |
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| A poem written in musical rhythm, often exploring powerful emotions. |
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| The central idea of a text. |
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| An author's attitude toward both his subject-matter and audience. |
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| An author's particular syntax, word choice, and method of organizing a narrative or piece of poetry. |
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| A quotation at the beginning of a poem, short story, essay, book chapter, etc. |
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| The creation and development of imaginary persons so that they seem lifelike. |
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-1837-1901, during the era of Queen Victoria
-Brings to mind hypocrisy of squeamishness toward sex and hypersexuality, complacency in social issues.
-Decadence, exaggerated fashions
-Women as moral judicators; mother manages education and household
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| A term encapsulating the location and time period of a literary work, as well as the social attitudes of the time. |
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| Concept created by Julia Christiva. An author's reference, within a work, to another work with which the reader is familiar. Intertextuality provides a deeper understanding of what the author means to communicate. |
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-Characterized by verisimilitude: authors depict events and social conditions as they are instead of romanticizing or idealizing them.
-Show not tell
-Rounded, three-dimensional, dynamic characters who serve a purpose in the plot.
-Emphasizes morality and control of destiny |
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-Creepy settings
-Mysterious, suspenseful atmosphere
-Visions and dreams, foreshadowing, portending of tragedy.
-Dopplegangers
-Supernatural events without explanation
-Women threatened or under duress by tyrants |
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| A late 19th century movement characterized by amoral values, the use of sensual and erotic images, and the principle of self-indulgence. |
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| A philosophical movement emphasizing aesthetic (visual, artistic) themes in literature over sociopolitical themes. |
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| A 1894-97 literary journal associated with both the aesthetic and decadence movements. |
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| French for "end of the century." Most often used to refer to the end of the 19th century. Significant, as it represented the end of Victorian ideals of morality, hypocrisy, social propriety, etc., that dominated the era. |
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| A work of literature with a surface message (the actual contents) and a hidden message (some sort of political/social/religious/moral argument). |
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| A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. |
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| A seemingly absurd proposition that proves to be well-founded or true when investigated. |
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| The policy of acquiring full or partial control over another country politically, occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically. |
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| A theoretical framework through which to analyze colonialism's effect on the colonized people. |
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| From the Greek for "against time." The use of a technology, philosophy, attitude, etc. that was not actually present in the time. |
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| Songs of Innocence and Experience |
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| Two collections of poetry written by William Wordsworth, respectively in 1789 and 1794. Deals with the two contrary states of human experience: childhood and adulthood. Therefore, the tone of Innocence is extremely light, carefree, imaginative, while Experience is darker, brooding, realistic. Gets at the jadedness that age brings. |
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