RomanticPeriod(1798-1832)HistoricalBackgroundEdmundBurkeReflectionsontheRevolution(1790):opposeradicalinnovationsanddenouncetheRevolutionThomasPaineRightsofMan(1791-92):revolutionsarenecessaryforpeople’sliberationWilliamGodwinInquiryConcerningPoliticalJustice(1793):wrotepassionatelyagainsttheinjusticesoftheeconomicsystemandtheoppressionofthepoorThegovernmentbecamemoreconservativeandrepressive.TheBritishIndustrialRevolutionWhatisRomantic?RomanticMovementWilliamWordsworth(1770-1850)LyricalBalladsIwanderedlonelyasacloud我孤獨地漫遊，像一朵雲Thatfloatsonhigho'ervalesandhills,在山丘和谷地上飄蕩，WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,忽然間我看見一群Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;金色的水仙花迎春開放，Besidethelake,beneaththetrees,在樹蔭下，在湖水邊，Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.迎著微風起舞翩翩。Continuousasthestarsthatshine連綿不絕，如繁星燦爛，Andtwinkleonthemilkyway,在銀河裏閃閃發光，Theystretchedinnever-endingline它們沿著湖灣的邊緣Alongthemarginofabay;無窮無盡的延伸；TenthousandsawIataglance,一眼可看千萬朵，Tossingtheirheadsinsprightlydance.在歡舞之中起伏搖擺。Thewavesbesidethemdanced;butthey粼粼波光也跳著舞，Out-didthesparklingwavesinglee:水仙的歡欣卻勝過水波；Apoetcouldnotbutbegay,與這樣快活的伴侶為伍，Insuchajocundcompany:詩人怎能不滿心歡樂！Igazed--andgazed--butlittlethought我久久凝望，卻想像不到Whatwealththeshowtomehadbrought:這奇景賦予我多少財寶：Foroft,whenonmycouchIlie每當我躺在長椅上，Invacantorinpensivemood,心神空茫或默默沉思，Theyflashuponthatinwardeye它們就會在心靈中閃現，Whichistheblissofsolitude;那是孤獨中的幸福；Andthenmyheartwithpleasurefills,於是我的心便漲滿幸福，Anddanceswiththedaffodils.和水仙一同翩翩起舞。“Iwanderedlonelyasacloud”epitomizes(bestexemplifies)theRomanticism.ThelyricmovinglyexemplifiesWordsworth'sabstractdefinitionofpoetryas"emotionrecollectedintranquility.”Imaginationisthekeythatunlockstheinnermostdepthsofthehumanspirit,andimaginationisbestawakenedbycontemplationandcelebrationofthewondersofnature.