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Literary Terms (7) setting: the time and place in which the action of a story, poem, or play occurs. suspense: the psychological tension or anxiety resulting from the readers or audiences uncertainty of just how a situation or conflict is likely to end. symbol: literally, something that stands for something else. in literature, any word, objection, action, or character that embodies and evokes a range of additional meaning and significance. English Romanticism(1798-1830s) introduction of Romanticism Poets of the Age of Romanticism Novelists of the Age key facts of English Romanticism the beginning: 1798, the publication of The Lyrical Ballads, written by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Essence of The Preface of The Lyrical Ballads: all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of the powerful feeling. the end: 1832, 4 most important poets were dead. the meaning: English Romanticism is a revolt of the English imagination against the neoclassical reason. The romanticists express a negative attitude towards the existing social or political conditions. They place the individual at the center of art. The key words: nature and imagination. Characteristics of romantic writers and their works: Imagination Worship of nature Symbolism and myth Simplicity and humanity Spontaneity Characteristics of romantic poets and their works: An increasing interest in nature and scenery. More attention to the spiritual and emotional life to man Loose poetic form Informal, free language of the common people Poets of the Age of Romanticism Pre-Romanticism:Robert Burns, William Blake The First generation of Romantics (The Lakes): Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey The younger generation of Romantics: Byron, Shelley, Keats Novelists of the Age Walter Scott his chief contribution to literature is the historical novels, which are based on English history cover different historical periods, from the medieval days of feudalism, through the years of Tudor rule, to the Bourgeois Revolution and