Den tidlige litterære romantik og politiske digtere

- A presentation of the early literal romantic period, emphasized on highly political poets.

In the late 18th century, ideas of personal and political liberty overwhelmed many. Because of the ideas of energy and sublimate of the natural world, some artists and intellectuals where inspired to break the bonds of 18th century convention.

The French revolution took a great part in influencing British writers. Many Englishmen supported the revolution in France. Major Genève’s philosophises, William Godwin and Jean Rousseau, where a big influence of the “new way of thinking”. But it was in 1798 when Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth published a watershed in literary history; “Lyrical Ballads” The romantic period really pushed the domino chain. The themes in “Lyrical Ballads” were a reflection of the romantic movements values. The whole idea of the romantic period was to reject Augustan poetry in favour of more direct speech so the public were able to understand literature. Another great vision of the romantics was to educate everyone with knowledge of the natural world.

William Wordsworth is often considered as the greatest factor of the literary romantic period. In 1807 William Wordsworth published a collection of poems “Poems in two volumes”. The collection was written in direct speech. It has been considered as the peak of Wordsworth career, although the collection was poorly reviewed by Lord Byron; “Mr. W, ceases to please, (...) clothing in language not simple, but puerile”. Meaning that Wordsworth’s written language wasn’t simple but yet bad or primitive.