ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Romantic Period. In a letter to Byron in 1816, Percy Shelley declared that the French Revolution was “the master theme of the epoch in which we live”-a judgment with which many of Shelley’s contemporaries concurred.

Detailed explanation-2: -The French Revolution helped to humanize Wordsworth as his works transitioned from extremely natural experiences to facing the realities and ills of life, including society and the Revolution. From then on, his focus became the interests of man rather than the power and innocence of nature.

Detailed explanation-3: -9.2 Abstract: Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the important English romantic lyric poets. He remains a central role in English Romanticism. The theme in his work includes religious fervor, nature, Ancient Greek aesthetics, and emotional response to beauty. These are components of Romanticism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shelley’s mainstream following did not develop until a generation after his death, and he was a major influence on a number of poets, including Robert Browning, Swinburne, Hardy and Yeats.