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Romantic Era Key Figures

Romantic Era Key Figures. Madeline. Sejla. Elma. Amela. Shannon. Key Points. The romanticists of this time focused primarily on: The individual Their uniqueness and individual ideas It was their mission to do what felt free and experiment with different ideas.

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Romantic Era Key Figures

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  1. Romantic Era Key Figures Madeline Sejla Elma Amela Shannon

  2. Key Points • The romanticists of this time focused primarily on: • The individual • Their uniqueness and individual ideas • It was their mission to do what felt free and experiment with different ideas. • Each idea within a Character is typically accentuated • They live through their work.

  3. Victor Hugo • Began writing verses of tragedy and poetry during adolescents. • Possibly due to the split in his family at a young age • Hugo explored lyrical poetry and many of methods of working • Lyrical poems holding powerful sounds and rhythms, inspired by actress JuiletteDrouet • Et noxfactaest, Latin for And There Was Light which was about the study of Satan’s fall • Based off of Milton’s Satan, which Hugo then interpreted as a bat flying from his everlasting prison. • Milton was an English poet, and wrote scholarly letters as wel • This Poem was never finished.

  4. PiotrIlylch Tchaikovsky “The Porcelain Child” • Russian Composer • 7 symphonies, 11 operas, 3 ballets, 5 suites, 3 piano concertos, a violin concerto, 11 overtures • Music was lively, full of harmony, and created a powerful emotional appeal • Referred to Mozart as “the musical Christ” • Struggled with himself, keeping his homosexuality a secret • He lives through his symphonies, ballets, and operas. • Famous Ballets: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty

  5. Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe • German Poet, known for Faust • Took him nearly 60 years to complete • Understood Greek, Latin, French, and Italian by age 8 • He wrote a group of working Annette due to woman he fell in love with • Wrote 10 poems based off of melodies by Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf, the Songbook • The Sorrows of Young inspired by his love for the fiancé of a friend

  6. Samuel Clemens • Became an apprentice as a printer at age 14 when his father died. • He began writing as a news journalist. • Humorous writing was noticed right away;  "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.“ • Was a hard drinker and a heavy smoker (cigars) • Famous works: • Huckleberry Finn • Tom Sawyer • A Tramp Abroad

  7. Nathaniel Hawthorne • Added the “w” into his last name within his 20’s to exclude himself from his family, involved in witch trials. • Grew up in Salem, Massachusetts • Wrote several short stories: • “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” • “Roger Malvin’s Burial” • The Scarlet Letter was an immdiate success, which encouraged him to devote his time to complete his writings. • Hawthorne died with still many unfinished works

  8. Prompt • What do all of these Romantic Key Figures have in common? • How does Mary Shelley fit in with all of the Key Figures?

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