English literature summary
the
violence
of
the
Revolution;
more
interested
in
intangible
things
–
feelings,
senses,
intuition.
The
main
form
of
literature
–
poetry
(expresses
emotions
better
than
prose).
Love
(especially
tragic
love)
main
topic;
heroes
sensitive
men
and
women
crushed
by
the
cruelties
of
life;
mood
–
often
melancholy
and
sad.
Women
often
idealised
and
represented
as
mysterious
and
magical.
Romantic
literature
in
England
can
roughly
be
divided
into
two
stages.
1)
End
of
the
18th
century.
Group
of
poets
called
the
Lake
Poets
(lived
in
the
Lake