Romantic literature departed from the traditional materials, form and style of preceding Neo-Classic literature, embracing innovation in these areas. ... Blake and Wordsworth, were (roughly) contemporaries in this time, and rejected the rules and rigid style of the poets before them, adopting instead a new style without such restrictions of subject, style or form. ... In "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience", Blake explored unconventional ideas of the nature of God and religion and tried to unite, or balance, his concept of innocence and experience as two different states of life an...

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They revolted against the artificial declamatory speeches and formal language of the neoclassical age. ... Another way in which these writers rebelled in their writing styles was their lack of conventions and rules, such as the three unities, in their works. ... Wordsworth saw the purity and innocence in children and illustrated it in lines 63 through 67. ... Wordsworth also saw, however, how this innocence and purity was corrupted by civilization. ... Stanza VII continues illustrating this corruption and loss of innocence by describing some of the roles that the child will play throughout lif...

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America produced many renown authors during the age of American romanticism. ... These included "youth (or childlike qualities); innocence; a love of nature and a distrust of town life, [and] a corresponding uneasiness with women (Arpin, et al 120.)" ... The Romantic period celebrated man's freedom with nature, virtue found in innocence, and intuitiveness over the rational. ... Critics of Cooper often lambaste him by his unperfected writing style, use of words, unrealistic situations, etc. ... His achievements include: the first successful American historical romance in the ...

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Both viewed children as the embodiment of innocence and purity, something to be protected and nurtured. ... The exact origins of Romanticism are still in debate today, but it is generally agreed upon that it came about as a challenge to the Age of Enlightenment (1660s-1780s). ... " (Harvey) The movement celebrated the power of the individual, the imagination, and spontaneity, rather than the authority of reasoning and control during the Age of Reason. ... Their writings had a unique style, often about promoting individualism and emotion while rejecting tradition and reason. ...

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His poetry encountered great critical interest for its "employment of satire and verbal digression, its presentation of the individual versus society, and its treatment of guilt and innocence" (Safier, 528). Byron considered Alexander Pope--an important satirist in the Age of Reason--as a model for him and his writing, thus influencing his own satirical style. ... At the age of 21, Byron was given a seat at the House of Lords and went to sessions for that year (Slovey and Haerens 67). ...

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