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ENGL 10B: Literatures in English, 1700 to 1850 Prof. SooShee Question: Compare the treatment of madness in William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience" with Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." Response: Blake and Gilman offer distinct perspectives on madness. Blake explores the innocence lost through societal constraints, while Gilman delves into the impact of patriarchal oppression on a woman's mental state. Question: Discuss the role of the sublime and the picturesque in Romantic landscape painting and how these aesthetic ideals influenced literary representations of nature. Response: The sublime and picturesque aesthetics, prevalent in Romantic landscape painting, influenced poets like Wordsworth and painters such as J.M.W. Turner. Both sought to capture the awe-inspiring and emotionally resonant aspects of nature in their respective mediums.

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