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arabera angela cervera 4 years ago

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key words of the Romantic age

During the Romantic age, there was a strong emphasis on the power of imagination and its distinction from reason. Imagination was divided into primary and secondary forms, with the former seen as a genuine ability and the latter as a voluntary creative force.

key words of the Romantic age

key words of the Romantic age

sublime

natural phenomena: mountains, waterfalls, storms
delightful terror: both attraction and fear
viewer overwhelmed

poetry

Sottoargomento
simple language
emotive response

nature

knowledge
menacing, destructive force
welcoming, mother nature
divine force

fascination of the past

ruins
gothic

intuition

rather passive than active
ability of understanding things instinctively

imagination

secondary imagination:voluntary creating force
primary imagination: genuine ability
imagination vs. reason
creative force

role of the poet/child

seer
prophet
guide

childhood

perception free of social
child innocent next to God