How Did Romanticism Affect The Romantic Revolution

The political, ideological, and economic climate of the late 18th and early 19th centuries was ideal for allowing the Romantic Revolution to take hold and flourish. It began primarily in England and France, but soon spread to much of Europe and to the United States. This essay will focus on the Romantic’s relationship with the natural world, their distaste for the Industrial Revolution, and how the Romantic poets valued imagination and emotional connections. The Romantics had a lasting impact on European and American society, political ideals, and the regard we hold for ideals and values such as nature and childhood. The Romantic’s ideas ran counter to much of the thinking of the intellectual community and to the values of industry and government of the time. By changing and challenging the minds of the masses to think differently they created a revolution in literature. 18th Century Europe was in the heights of the Enlightenment. Science, medicine, and lofty pursuits of reason and rationality were at the forefront of conversation and media of the age. The Industrial Revolution was just beginning to really gain traction in much of Europe and also played its part in the foundation of the

For the first time in many, many years it became more acceptable for men to be open with their feelings. There was a new world available to them in which they could explore their emotional connection to nature, death, and humanity as a whole. Blake and Keats were very focused on elements of their personal experiences and how those experiences influenced their lives. Keats often reflects on his own mortality. He was deeply concerned about his health and thanks to his medical training he was able to predict when he was close to death. He had been small and frail his whole life and it is likely that the early deaths of his mother and brother from tuberculosis had an impact on the way he viewed and valued life