Thеmе: english romanticism and its development content introduction chapter I. Romanticsim in english literature

CONCLUSION

As a result of this study, I have come into the following conclusion, English Romanticism proved itself as one of the most ingenious, extreme and instable of all ages, a time characterized by insurrection, conservatism and reformation, and by the creation imaginative literature in its characteristically contemporary structure. Romanticism put on emphasis on the significance of the individual, resisted the rationalism and it opposed the addiction of literature to traditional ancient standards and supported a return to nature. The classical writers were investigated in a new and different way, were developed by the genius of Shelley and Keates, the middle ages incited the historical novels of Scott and many others, modern life were studied and criticized in the compositions of the fiction writers and the satirical writings of Byron. Through distinguishing traits if their writings, The Romantic writers transformed the hole spirit of poetry in early nineteenth century.

Romanticism brought to literature the idea of the poetry being essentially "imitation" of human nature and its primary function remaining the manifestation of the poet's emotion. Romantic poetry was, however, a kind of verse distinct from anything before it both in form and subject matter. Its language was influenced by new thoughts of simplicity in which artificial poetic diction was substituted by a form of language really spoken by common people.
It is clear that although romanticism came to an end at the beginning of the nineteenth century, its influence is still felt in modern art and literature.
Many concepts developed in the romantic era, such as creative imagination, nature, myth and symbolism, emotion and intuition, autonomy from prescriptions, spontaneity, simple language, individual experience, democracy and freedom, and attraction to the past, including the ancient myths and mysticism of the middle Ages, still remain the essence of literary works. In addition, romanticism represented many of the divisions and ideological disputes that underlie the modern world; political freedom and oppression, individual and collective duties or obligations, male and female roles (until recently, the established standard of romanticism was almost entirely male), the past, present, and future. This proved the basis of the modern Western worldview, which viewed people as free individuals seeking self-realization through democratic actions, rather than as reserved members of a traditional authoritarian society.
However, the most valuable gift of romanticism is the growth of the genius of two young poets, John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose experiments with poetry and poetic diction led to the formation of modern literature.
Shelley is the greatest and most creative lyric writer in English literature, whose lyrical power is now considered one of the major contributions to literature, as is Shakespeare's dramatic flair.
In some respects, Shelley is the quintessence of a romantic poet, his eccentric and short life with its outlandish otherworldliness, his mood of rapture and dreaminess, his exalted mythopoetic imagination, his ecstatic idealism merging into a widespread image of romanticism.
Like Shelley, Keats was, for the end of the nineteenth century, the" poet of the poet", overpowering the grapes of language with his aesthetic taste and indulging in a mysterious world of dreams, grief, and sensations. His poetry is overflowing with love, beauty, imagination and tortuosity, which are the heart of romanticism.
Keats was a zealous philosopher, as evidenced by his letters; in them he reflected on the essence of poetry and the poet, and struggled with the problems of suffering and death. Keats's letters showed the beginnings of a Mature and discerning mind that would eventually change his lavish romanticism to something like a Shakespearean trait, while his poems represented an entirely sensual facet of the romantic movement.
Although Shelley and Keats were the most controversial writers of the early decades of the nineteenth century, their importance to English language and literature is widely recognized today. Having a lot in common in imagination, thoughts, works and fate, they laid the foundations of modern literature, both poetic and prose.