Romantic Era

1. When did the Romantic Era begin and end? Overall, how does the book describe the movement? How does it contrast to the Enlightenment/Age of Reason?
The romantic era lasted from 1785 to 1832. The book describes it as a rebellion against the rational. It is different from the enlightenment and age of reason because it was spontaneous and had no "rhyme or reason" to it.

2. What were the major political developments/changes that occured during the Romantic Era?
There was a civil reform because there was a span of three weak kings which lead to powerful prime ministers. In 1832 parliamentary seats were redistributed.

3. The introduction describe three pre-Romantic poets; how did these poets bridge the gap between Neoclassicism and Romanticism? What were the name of the three pre-Romantics discussed in the book?
Thomas Gray, Robert Burns, and William Blake all bridged the gap by writing in new styles that were for the common man and in a normal mans terms and were written with native dialect.

4. What publication really began the Romantic Era? Why was the publication pivotal in the Romantic movement? What statements were the two authors trying to make with it? Who were considered the second generation of Romantics? What did they celebrate through their literature?
Lyrical Ballads really started the Romantic Era and was pivotal because it explained the movement and what its writing was about. They stated that it should be for the common man and explained their revolutionary theory of poetry. George Gordon, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelly and John Keats were the second generation and they celebrated the first generation and their ideas.

5. What is a Gothic novel? What are some examples of it?
Long stories containing elements of suspense, mystery, magic, and the macabre. The Castle of Otranto, The Mysteries of Udolpho, and Frankenstein are all examples.

6. What type of novel did Jane Austen right?
She wrote novels of manners