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1 Enlightenment vs. Romanticism
Science and Reason Nature and Imagination

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

3 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

4 Romantic Period

5 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.

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

7 . . .which provoked a great deal of class consciousness

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

9 William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft

10 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1797-1851

11 Percy Bysshe Shelley

12 Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1818)

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15 Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667)

16 Friend or Foe?

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