Sentimentalism amp; Pre-Romanticism.pptVIP

Sentimentalism  Pre-Romanticism School of Foreign Studies Sentimentalism One of the significant and popular trends in English literature in the second half of the 18th century is sentimentalism. Sentimentalism is overindulgence in one’s emotion for the sake of his overwhelming discontent towards the social reality, and pessimistic belief and emphasis upon the virtue of man. Sentimentalism Leslie Stephen: Sentimentalism could be defined to be “indulgence in emotion for its own sake. The sentimentalist does not weep because painful thoughts are forced upon him but because he finds weeping