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The Romantic Period. French Revolution (1789) – 1832 Pages 620-638. Historical Transition Period. Charles Dickens / from A Tale of Two Cities. Turbulent Times Caused by the Haves and Have Nots. American Revolution / French Revolution Overthrow of the Haves
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The Romantic Period French Revolution (1789) – 1832 Pages 620-638
Turbulent Times Caused by the Haves and Have Nots • American Revolution / French Revolution • Overthrow of the Haves • Conservatives in England became more rigid • Repressive measures: • Outlawed collective bargaining • Imprisoned suspected agitators
Industrial Revolution • Goods made by hand verses mass production • Communal land owned by many farmers was taken over by wealthy individuals • Turned into private parks for hunting/recreation • Large numbers of landless people, go to the cities to find work
Laissez Faire Economic Policy • “Let the people do as they pleased” / Hands off Policy • Economic forces should be allowed to operate freely without government interference
Laissez Faire Economic Policy • Result? – rich grew richer and the poor suffered even more • Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations – basis for capitalism / justification to ignore the suffering of millions
Attitude of the Day • Most members of the upper class believed that they deserved their worldly success • And, the poor must be innately evil, deserving of the hunger and appalling conditions that they endured
Romantic Poets • Frustrated by England’s resistance to political and social change • Responded through public poetry emphasizing emotion and imagination rather than bottom line reason • Wrote poems about ordinary people • Truths about the heart • NATURE
William Blake • He cried out against the social problems he saw • He warned against the growing divisions between the classes, working conditions, and child labor • “No one should go hungry in a land as green and wealthy as England.” • Most thought he was crazy.
Romanticism1798-1832 • Pages 620-621, 622 • What can you infer about the Romantic artists? • The divine arts of imagination: imagination, the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. • ~William Blake