Sunday, April 17, 2011
***FrAnKeNsTeIn***
Romantic Era???? This book is going to redefine what I think about Romance. I love how this era isn't all ushy gushy, but its more about nature. I like also that it doesn't all end happily, like a lot of romances do currently. Instead we are starting to see realistic hardships with humans not being the center of attention. I wonder how the people of this time felt about the authors writing 'down' on humans. Did they agree at first???? It seems like people don't really like what they read until years later. Like painters and play writers, they were not appreciated (commonly) until after they were long dead and eroding in their graves. Funny how things work like that. But that is my question.... Is the Romantic Era "popular" during the actual time of the Romantics, or was it years later when people started buying into the idea?
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that was really deep
ReplyDeleteI think that this era has opened up a new idea of romanticism for me.
ReplyDeleteYes... romantic has come to mean something different than what it started as. Romanticists returned to an appreciation and respect for nature, a distrust of human intellect, and a focus on emotions. You will see how Frankenstein does this as we continue our reading of it. But to respond to your question... no it wasn't a unanimously popular shift in philosophy. It divided the people of the era... some fiercely advocated and preached it and some resisted and criticised it.
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