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The Romantic movement
- The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
Three documentaries hosted by British historian Simon Schama
Episode One: Passions of the People
Simon explores the elixir of rebellion and the idea that imaginative passion can conquer mechanical logic. He examines works by Delacroix, William Blake, Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley and Gericault.
Episode Two: Chambers of the Mind
Simon reveals how the Romantics were the first explorers of the unconscious and examines the writings of Victor Hugo, the prints of Piranesi and the works of Coleridge, Wordsworth and Thomas de Quincey.
Episode Three: Tribes
Simon shows how the Romantics created the secular cult of national belonging with enormous world consequences. From the music of Chopin to the poetry of Burns, Simon looks at their rediscovery of tradition, folktales & myths.
Origins
A lecture by Sir Jonathan Bate CBE FBA, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric 18 September 2018
Scrollable timeline. (Click on the image to open to webpage)
This is a timeline of key publishing dates from the Romantic period. Hover over the arrows to move the timeline left or right; click and hold to speed up. Select by clicking on the image. Text by RD Salter, visiting lecturer in English, Chester University.
Romantic Literature
Yang, H. (2021, November 10). Romanticism Characteristics: What Are They? ProwritingAid.com. https://prowritingaid.com/romanticism-characteristics