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    such as Tchaikovsky, many were driven away by the harsh separation of music from feeling. Compared to the romantic sounds from the era of the same name, Modernist music seemed cold and emotionless. One of the most influential composers of the time, Igor Stravinsky, was an outspoken advocate for this detachment, or “objectivity”, as it was called, of sentiment from music, and rejection of Romantic emotionality. Objectivity was the ideal, and this more mathematical approach to music led to some interesting

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    James Wilson in Tirso, Molière, and Byron: The Emergence of Don Juan as Romantic states that the Romantic hero “forces value into the world through the self, which is not supported by any perceptible social or cosmic order, and the self projects upon the world an order which serves to symbolize that self generated value.” Wilson argues that the Romantic hero, who can range from a “melancholy wanderer to a satanic overreacher”, must have a strong sense of individuality. While also be able to see the

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    The Romantic poets sought to write epic poems that incorporated new philosophies, ideals, and literary trends, while also parodying, satirizing and deconstructing the epic poem itself. Rather than merely extend the epic tradition, the Romantic poets subverted the characteristics and tropes attributed to epic poetry, in turn creating an interesting revision of the epic. Two seminal works of Romantic poetry that adequately showcase the revision of epic tradition are William Wordsworth’s introspective

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    women were able to write and what they wrote about. Felicia Hemans and Jane Taylor are both women poets that emerged during the 19th century. Both women have used their poetry to help expand on traditional notions of romantic poetry during their lives. In order to define romantic poetry on must look towards Bronte and Hemans male contemporaries at the time since their works influenced many other writers of that time.

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    ideas, through two of his most beautiful pieces daffodils and the world is too much with us, within the romantic era. The Romantics believed that the centre of change was through the ‘common man’; as to begin, begin – the Romantic revolution unfolded. The Romantic revolution began in the early 17th century and was unveiled by the idealists who began freethinking; otherwise known as the romantic poets. Through filling their paper with the

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    In the year of 1819, John Keats, the last of the Romantic poets, was diagnosed with tuberculosis, which he contracted from attempting to nurse his brother back to heath. Alongside the knowledge that his death was surely upon him, Keats published his most distinguished works in that same year. “Ode to a Grecian Urn” was one of five Odes Keats wrote. In this poem, John Keats uses his theory of negative capability to embody his attitude towards the Grecian Urn, thus further explaining the poet’s universal

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    culture for a long time. But if we go back to the Romantic era in music we can find a musician with the name of Robert Schumann. Robert was a musician who was part of a love story, a real one not like a fairy tale. But he put these emotions into his music making it amazing. By doing this Robert Schumann revolutionized the romantic era, changing music forever. Some might already know who Robert Schumann is but why was he so important to the romantic era of music? Robert Schumann was a composer who

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    The Romantic Period, characterized by new ideas in Western art, literature and music, lasted from the end of the eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. Romantic artists eschewed Neoclassical history painting to focus on imaginary and exotic subjects, as well as nature. The poet and critic Charles Baudelaire wrote in 1846, "Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor in exact truth, but in a way of feeling" (Galitz 2004). The Romantic movement was shaped by political

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    As America sought to create their own literary voice following the Revolutionary War, the transition from the Colonial Era to the Romantic Era was a notable one, changing the voice of our country throughout the 19th century. Marked by themes of individualism, idealism, and being in touch with nature, Romanticism altered both the art and writing of the time and has certainly left a lasting impact to this day. Key changes observed in the artwork of the time included the used of warmer color tones

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    Information from Author’s Time William Wordsworth was a poet who wrote in the Romantic Era. The Romantic Era lasted approximately fifty years. It is estimated that the era began around 1800, and ended in around 1850. The Romantic Period is often described as a period that was an artistic, musical, literary, and intellectual movement that took place toward the ending of the eighteenth

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