The following are courtesy of my AP Senior English teacher, Andrelle E. McKinsey, more than a decado ago (and I still use them when I teach seniors for a nice reference)... Characteristics of the Romantic Age & Romantic Literature. 1. Individuality/Democracy/Personal Freedom. 2. Spiritual/Supernatural Elements. 3. read more
Lasting from 1830 to 1865, the Romantic period features a variety of characteristics including sensibility, love of nature, sympathetic interest in the past, mysticism, romantic criticism and primitivism. read more
One of the central characteristics of the romantic period was an interest in the infinite and a corresponding rejection of classical Greek ideals of finitude, order, harmony, and proportion. The rejection of these classical Greek aesthetic standards led to experimentation in genres and subject matter that had not before been the focus of art or thought. read more