1.  Romanticism in literature strayed from the optimistic Enlightenment idea of human dominion over nature and the belief that Reason would ultimately reign supreme. ROMANTICISM 1785-1830

2.  Revolutionary and chaotic, emotional rather than rational  The Romantic movement abhorred the 18th century's orderly imposition on nature and the designs of squared, tidy gardens.  Romanticism preferred the vast wildernesses of an indifferent and unpredictable nature with its endless forests, towering clouds and deafening waterfalls from icy giant peaks.  Honesty about feelings were now more important than wit; being and behaving genuine more important than artifice.  Themes such as liberation, mysticism, exotic orientalism, human insignificance and a darker psychology were common.  Poems and paintings alike found the moon and dreams more interesting than the sun and conscious thought.

3. FAMOUS AUTHORS Jane Austen Mary Shelley

4. JANE AUSTEN  English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.  Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma.

5. MARY SHELLEY  British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer.  Best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).