Categorieën: Alle - nature - aesthetics - poetry

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A NEW SENSIBILITY

In the 18th century, a shift in artistic and literary trends marked the emergence of a new sensibility and a redefined concept of nature. This period saw the distinction between the beautiful and the sublime become a central theme in aesthetics, heavily influenced by Edmund Burke'

A NEW SENSIBILITY

A NEW SENSIBILITY

Autos = Self
Bios = Life
Graphy=Writing

An autobiography is the author's retelling of their life. This is written in first person and the author is the main character.

THE SUBLIME

SAMUEL COLERIDGE
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
BURKE
distinction between
beautiful and sublime

main theme of 18 th century aesthetics

A NEW CONCEPT OF NATURE

most remarkable work onn the subject
Edmund Nurke's

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

he gave

supremacy to the sublime

classic view of nature
abstract concept
revolution
concept of nature

TOWARDS SUBJECTIVE POETRY

later 18th century poets
poetry

reflective

essentially

subjective and autobiographical material
early 18th century poets
impersonal material

loud and noble eloquence

new generation of poets
new trends

no precise programme of rules

18th century
new sensibility