Which of the following was not considered a type of the alienated, romantic visionary ?
A. Prometheus
B. Satan
C. Cain
D. George III
Who in the Romantic period developed a new novelistic language for the workings of the mind in flux ?
Who in the Romantic period developed a new novelistic language for the workings of the mind in flux ?
A. Maria Edgeworth
B. Sir Walter Scott
C. Thomas De Quincey
D. Jane Austen
Which two writers can be described as writing historical novels ?
Which two writers can be described as writing historical novels ?
A. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
D. Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë
Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelingsof the individual poet as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings ?
Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelingsof the individual poet as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings ?
A. the lyric poem written in the first person
B. the sonnet
C. doggerel rhyme
D. the political tract
Who remained without the vote following the Reform Bill of 1832 ?
Who remained without the vote following the Reform Bill of 1832 ?
A. about half of middle class men
B. almost all working class men
C. all women
D. A, B and C
Who exemplified the role of the peasant poet ?
Who exemplified the role of the peasant poet ?
A. John Clare
B. John Keats
C. Robert Burns
D. A and C only
Which philosopher had a particular influence on Coleridge ?
Which philosopher had a particular influence on Coleridge ?
A. Aristotle
B. Duns Scotus
C. David Hume
D. Immanuel Kant
While compiling what sort of book did Samuel Richardson conceive of the idea for his Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded ?
While compiling what sort of book did Samuel Richardson conceive of the idea for his Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded ?
A. a history of everyday life
B. an instructional manual for manners
C. a book of devotion
D. a book of model letters
Who wrote: “I would prefer not to.” ?
Who wrote: “I would prefer not to.” ?
A. Edgar Allan Poe
B. Herman Melville
C. Thomas Gray
D. Henry David Thoreau
How would “Natural Supernaturalism” be best characterized as a Romantic notion introduced by Carlyle ?
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