ENG 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Willow, Margaret Atwood, Granary
5 Oct 2017
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John keats = poet, falls in love w/ maggie braun. 1700s, movement away from enlightenment, reason and logic. Nature vs. society collective identity and how to fit into a class system, rise in importance of the individual. The noble savage we should live closer to nature. Melancholy + brooding ton, with contemplation of death or human mortality. Appeal to emotions +sentiment (as opposed to reason and logic) Mysticism - spirituality that is not governed by organized religion. Romantic transcendence moving up and away from the mundane and ordinary into the natural, perfect place. Keat"s ode = spirit of the mind that transcends the body (sometimes) and leaves behind difficulties /ordinary life and is linked to sexuality and sensuality. Our notion of democratic values has its basis in romanticism us more individualistic (live free or die is on the licence plate), individual and absolute freedom.
