Enlightenment vs. Romanticism

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Enlightenment vs. Romanticism Science and Reason Nature and Imagination

The Age of Enlightenment 18th Century (1700’s)

John Locke Introduced the theory of Tabula Rasa Man is born a blank slate: the mind reflects and is shaped by external influences and experiences

Romantic Period 1789-1837

William Blake Poet, philosopher, and artist: imagination is superior to reason, and, therefore, man can see God only through his imagination. Blake asserted that nature was the purest and truest state of all.

The Industrial Revolution had its beginnings in the late 18th century. .

. . .which provoked a great deal of class consciousness

The Gothic Focuses on uncomfortable emotions and desires Darkness, bad weather Damsels in distress Often involves an ugly creature or monster

William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1797-1851

Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792-1822

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1818)

Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667)

Friend or Foe?