Romanticism, The Industrial Revolution, and science and technology, of the time period in which the novel was written, all intertwine to produce this mind-boggling classic novel. Mary Shelley was born of a mother who was a strong supporter of the French Revolution. ... Romantics were generally against the Industrial Revolution due to its brutality towards the workforce, such as the employment of young children. "Members of the Romantic movement generally viewed many aspects of the fast-developing industrial society with alarm. ... Second, the Industrial Revolution, for only a revolution in...

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Now the Romantic era began after the French Revolution that lasted from 1789 through the mid 1800's. The middle class prospered from the rise in commerce of the Industrial Revolution, as the rural class suffered. ... The industrial age and political revolutions gave birth to crowded urban areas. ... The subject matter changed dramatically from the Baroque to Romanticism due to the French Revolution and the Industrial revolution. ... Victims of the Industrial Revolution, peasants and poor common workers became the subject matter of many Romantic artists. ...

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The son of a wealthy Cumberland attorney, his birth followed the dawn of the English Industrial Revolution. ... John's College, Cambridge, studying literature and rhetoric, prior to the advent of the French Revolution. ...

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Constable painted with a bright, clear atmosphere and straightforward realism capturing the countryside before the industrial revolution creating images that are aesthetically pleasing, with a nostalgic and wistful air to them. ... The Hay Wain is also significant because Constable does not show the civil unrest of the farming working class or the development of the industrial revolution. ... With its emphasis on the imagination and emotion, Romanticism emerged as a response to the disillusionment with the Enlightenment values of reason and order in the aftermath of the French Revolution of ...

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The industrial revolution, which took place in 1789 changed and revolutionised the productive capacity of Europe and transformed European society and was a social revolution with social causes and social affects. ... During the time of Frankenstein writers were increasingly writing about the power of the imagination and of creativity, there was a romantic view of the imagination and creativity, and the mind's power to create something out of chaos, for example the Miller's strike and the industrial revolution. ...

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Nature has always been an unlimited source of inspiration for many poets. It would be an omission if William Wordsworth were not mentioned. To him, there is a mutual relationship between man and nature. He considered nature as a friend, a source of happiness or sometimes even a religion. This ideolo...

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Born a year before the French Revolution, Byron was viewed as the enemy of England for defending and supporting Napoleon (MacCarthy viii). ... In 1811, he stood up for a group of workers in London during the 19th century and violently protested against the machinery used during the Industrial Revolution (MacCarthy 82). ...

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As one of the driving forces of the young Romantic movement, Robert Schumann influenced the development of a new style. And although he did not seem to be destined to become a composer, music soon became very important to him, displaying multiple talents in performance and composition. ROBERT SCHUMANN ~~* HIS LIFE *~~ In Zwickau, Germany on June 8, 1810 Robert Alexander Schumann was to bookseller father, Friedrich August Schumann, and mother, Johanna (Christiane Schnabel). By being an author, publisher, and lover of books, Friedrich Schumann influenced his child's younger years; ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As one of the driving forces of the young Romantic movement, Robert Schumann influenced the development of a new style. And although he did not seem to be destined to become a composer, music soon became very important to him, displaying multiple talents in performance and composition. ROBERT SCHUMANN ~~* HIS LIFE *~~ In Zwickau, Germany on June 8, 1810 Robert Alexander Schumann was to bookseller father, Friedrich August Schumann, and mother, Johanna (Christiane Schnabel). By being an author, publisher, and lover of books, Friedrich Schumann influenced his child's younger years; ...

• Word Count: 4114
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate