The Victorian era is often called the most romantic period in history. The literature, poetry, and art that emerged during this time took place surrounded by a sense of nostalgia for things past. Romanticism was a literary movement that valued imagination and emotion over rationality or reason. It also emphasized individualism and nature.
Writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Lord Byron were all part of this movement which lasted from about 1800 to 1850.
Romanticism:
The Imaginative Mind Description: briefly describe what the literary movement romanticism valued, and list some authors who were part of it. The Victorian era is often called the most romantic period in history.
The literature, poetry, and art that emerged during this time took place surrounded by a sense of nostalgia for things past. Romanticism was a literary movement that valued imagination and emotion over rationality or reason. It also emphasized individualism and nature. Writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Lord Byron were all part of this movement which lasted from about 1800 to 1850.”
