Literary Movements

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humanism.
• Beginning in Italy in the 1300’s, the Renaissance moves northward until the 1600’s.
• The attempt to integrate Christianity and humanism.

• In England, Shakespeare is part of the English Renaissance.
• The Reformation began on November 1, 1517 when Martin Luther posted the 95 theses on the church door of Wittenberg.
• Henry VIII of England splits England away from the Catholic Church and starts The Church of England.
Queen Elizabeth I makes England a great power.

Romanticism

• 1800 – 1830 are the prime years of the movement, but qualities of romanticism are in art and literature for another 30 years; so we could say 1800 – 1860.
• Emphasis on individualism and human rights
• Truth lies in the heart
• Imagination over reason
• Search for the ideal
• Emotions are valid, authentic, and the filter by which to judge the world around us
• Enthusiasm for nature
• Mysticism
• Admiration of classical and medieval history
• The Industrial Revolution ends romanticism.

Victorian Period

• 1837 – 1901 – the Reign of Queen Victoria in England, but affected all Europe
• English Chauvinism
• Complacency
• Industrial Revolution
• High standard of decency and respectability
• Rise of the middle class
• Class consciousness
• Hypocrisy
• Influenced by science
• Interest in the occult

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