The Romantic Period1RomanticMovementBythebeginningofthe19thcenturyamovementhadtakenplaceinintellectuallife.ItmanifesteditselfnotonlyinEnglandbut also in Germany and France. It displayed the spirit ofidealismasopposedtorealism.During the Romantic period, English letters werecharacterized by an emotional and imaginative quality and byindividualityinstyle.oldergroupMajorwritersyoungergroup2Oldergroup:(NegativeRomanticism)uThe so-called Lake School of English poets (WilliamWordsworth, Samuel Taylor
