Literature and important writers
A revolutionary and rebellious spirit
Childhood and nature were glorified
Wordsworth
Coleridge
Writers turned to history
National identity was nourished by the Napoleonic Wars
Sir Walter Scott
Byron
Ballads and folk tales became important
Common life and language were used
Good poetry was spontaneous and original with the poet’s feelings in focus
Nature was used symbolically
Sinister works classified as Gothic focusing on the supernatural and subconscious
Horace Walpole
Matthew Gregory Lewis
Mary Shelley
Edgar Allan Poe