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Introduction of Romanticism Pre-romanticism Romanticism William Wordsworth 1.Pre-Romanticism in Poetry Pre-Romanticism arose in the latter half of the 18th century ,marked by a strong protest against bondage of classicism and by a recognition of the claims of passion and emotion. It was ushered in by Percy (“Reliques of Ancient English Poetry”), Macpherson (“Ossian”) and Chatterton (Rowley Papers), and represented by Blake and Burns. 2. Romanticism (a period of poetical revival) 1). Romanticism rose and grew under the impetus of the Industrial Revolution and French Revolution. It prevailed in England during the period 1798-1832.Owing to difference in political attitudes romanticists split into two schools: passive romanticists, represented by Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey, and active romanticists, represented by Byron, Shelley and Keats. . 积极浪漫主义作家，敢于正视现实，批判社会的黑暗，矛头针对封建贵族，反对资本主义社会中残存的封建因素，同时对资产阶级本身所造成的种种罪恶现象也有所揭露，因而充满反抗、战斗的激情，寄理想于未来，向往新的美好生活，有的赞成空想社会主义。 消极浪漫主义者则不然。他们不能正视社会现实的尖锐矛盾，采取消极逃避的态度，他们的思想是同那个被推翻了的封建贵族阶级的思想意识相联系的。他们从对抗资产阶级革命运动出发，反对现状，留恋过去，美化中世纪的宗法制，幻想从古老的封建社会中去寻找精神上的安慰与寄托。消极浪漫主义的出现，实际上是被打倒的封建贵族阶级没落的思想情绪在文学上的反映。 2). In contrast to the rationalism of the enlighteners and classicists in the 18th century, the romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of man. Nature, often personified, played an important role in their works. Romantic poets use everyday language as apposed to the poetic diction used by neo-classic writers 3). In 1798, Wordsworth and Coleridge jointly published the Lyrical Ballads, Which marked the break with the poetical tradition of the 18th century, i.e., with classicism and the beginning of the Romantic revival in England. II. William Wordsworth (1770-1850) 1. Wordsworth is most celebrated for his poetry of nature. To him nature has a moral value and has its philosophical significance. People can communicate directly with nature which gives the