ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AGES ERA PERIOD

RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How would “Natural Supernaturalism” be best characterized as a Romantic notion introduced by Carlyle?
A
a form of animism in which objects in the natural world are believed to be inhabited by spirits
B
a spontaneous belief in the supernatural based upon a surprise encounter with a supernatural being
C
a process by which things that are familiar and thought to be ordinary are made to appear miraculous and new to our eyes
D
the experience of hallucinating contact with the supernatural world when taking opium
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Natural Supernaturalism holds that “existence itself is miraculous, that life contains elements of wonder that can never be defined or eradicated by physical science."

Detailed explanation-2: -Wordsworth is best known for Lyrical Ballads, co-written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and The Prelude, a Romantic epic poem chronicling the “growth of a poet’s mind.”

Detailed explanation-3: -The Romantic poets also used specific poetic forms: odes, lyrical ballads, and sonnets were popular among the Romantics.

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