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Literature Q2P02
A new sensibility
- With no specific manifesto, in late 18th century a new generation of poets began
impersonal, eloquent(Augustan Age) โ subjective, autobiographical, introspective, lyrical- Exploration of personal feelings and emotions provoked by the observation of nature: by describing specific scenarios, the experience is generalized and extended to discuss universal ideas (not simply aiming to create a direct impact in the viewer through sheer suggestion)
- The industrialization greatly influenced this movement
- People living in the city sought diversion and serenity, which only the countryside could offer
- Humility and elements of everyday life rather than elevated subject
- New locations described:
- Castles, graveyards, ruins (reminds of the past)
- Meditation on hardship and the experiences of the common folk
- New concept of nature
- Rather than sticking to the classics, nature was seen as a living thing
- It's not a single and unified reality, but a multitude of individual entities given weight by a new theory
- Nature is ever-changing and conscious
- Distinction between beautiful and sublime
- The latter is associated by Burke with strong emotions and physical sensations (fear/terror and intense pain)