This paper discusses romantic literature as it pertains to Lord Byron and his life. Generally, European poetry from the Romantic period is characterized by the following poetic features: a belief in the innate goodness of human nature" individualism" a reverence for nature and primitivism" philosophical idealism" a (somewhat paradoxical) preference for free thought and religious mysticism" rebellious with political authority and social customs (and note the class bias, of course)" a celebration of physical, sensual passions" the active cultivation of emotion, and sensitivity, as values in-themselves. Romantics tended to believe that to be human meant being an emotional, sensitive, and rational person. 11 pgs. 24 f/c. 8b.
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