ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Romantic poets cultivated individualism, reverence for the natural world, idealism, physical and emotional passion, and an interest in the mystic and supernatural.

Detailed explanation-2: -The poet was seen as a ‘visionary prophet’ or as a ‘teacher’, that could mediate between man and nature, could point out the evils of society, could give voice to the ideals of beauty, truth and freedom. The Romantic poets also regarded Nature as a ‘living force’, as the expression of God in the universe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Essentially, the Romantics thought that Nature (and they did often capitalize it, with a pantheistic reverence akin to Native Americans) was profoundly beneficial for mankind; that being in nature could have powerful physical, moral, educative effects on a person.

Detailed explanation-4: -Emotion and passion. The critique of progress. A return to the past. An awe of nature. The idealization of women. The purity of childhood. The search for subjective truth. The celebration of the individual. More items •25-Oct-2021