The contextual circumstances in which a literary work is composed have a profound effect on the ideas and opinions that composers express within them. ... These polarisations are largely the result of the differing social contexts of the composers, and are illustrated by their uses of literary techniques. ... From these two examples it can be seen that cultural context has had a profound influence on the way these two literary works have been written. ... From these two examples it can indeed be seen that the social context of these two composers has had a most notable influence on the way in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They put on display divergent insights based upon their conflicting observations, and, indeed, their very different literary aims. ... "Little we see in nature that is ours," describes the association that develops to be at the clemency of mankind because of the frail technique the environment is described. ... Wordsworth alternatively used literary techniques to portray charm, tranquility, and serenity. ...

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Besides his writing of poetry, he wrote a number of prose works, including a collection of art and literary reviews and several short stories and novels. ... Although he upheld imagination and trance, he insisted that perfection had to be achieved by use of a technique. ... Baudelaire has often been called the forerunner of symbolism, a literary movement that swept through most of France by 1886. ...

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Arising from these new techniques came the Romantic approach to the development of Gothic novels, and short stories. ... From the characters representing different aspects of the mind to the house symbolizing the mind as a whole, Poe successfully maps the workings of a mind falling into madness through the use of traditional literary techniques. ...

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Constable is known as a Romantic artist, Kathryn Calley Galitz of the Department of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art writes about Romanticism Romanticism, first defined as an aesthetic in literary criticism around 1800, gained momentum as an artistic movement in France and Britain in the early decades of the nineteenth century and flourished until mid-century. ...

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Following his father's death in 1826, Schumann decided to choose music rather than poetry as his future; however, Schumann's mother had her heart set on his becoming a lawyer and she rejected his musical and literary interests as the "indiscretion of youth."" ... There, Schumann developed his piano technique to a virtuoso level through intensive study and vigorous practicing. ...

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Following his father's death in 1826, Schumann decided to choose music rather than poetry as his future; however, Schumann's mother had her heart set on his becoming a lawyer and she rejected his musical and literary interests as the "indiscretion of youth."" ... There, Schumann developed his piano technique to a virtuoso level through intensive study and vigorous practicing. ...

• Word Count: 4114
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate