Introduction to English Literature - Romanticism: An Introduction

A detailed introduction to the various philosophical currents leading to the Romantic movement -- namely, the scientific revolution, the Enlightenment and Kant's "Copernican Revolution" in epistemology. In addition, an introduction to the Romantics' response to the Industrial and French Revolutions. Romantic aesthetics and key themes are explored. Powerpoint slides for this lecture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OQ2VowB7XguqxKRfEPHx5WiZnGs6slxG/view?usp=sharing My Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/untergehenproject/sample6 0:00 - Introduction 0:30 - Romanticism in the History of Ideas 3:15 - What is Romanticism? 4:00 - Representative Romantics in Literature, Visual Arts and Music 7:00 - Intellectual Context: The Enlightenment 8:39 - Intellectual Context: Immanuel Kant 12:06 - Political Context: The French Revolution 15:30 - Socio-economic Context: The Industrial Revolution 17:46 - Romanticism and Aesthetics: Reacting Against Neo-Classicism (Alexander Pope) 18:48 - William Wordsworth's "Preface to Lyrical Ballads" 24:50 - Expressive vs Mimetic Art (MH Abrams) 27:00 - Themes in Romantic Literature (transcendence of the material; nature as sublime; the Romantic rebel; questioning of the primacy of reason; childhood; nation and history) Related Lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RsoS2917N0&t=61s https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVnV4NOfHN4Uzz2eMzml9j0g_fs3pIkTf&si=pgULJLIvY0xnzpZ- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2GlLrh-wxg&t=5019s The Second Wave of Modernity and the Rise of History: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iYWZMwAyvlA4RAenMb3rUU2PxiyksqU1/view?usp=sharing On William Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19fatlocRVIK3YxUIhUOMIwGdTSMVgyzs/view?usp=sharing