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1、EnglishLiteratureChapters7—8KeyPointsinChapter7MovementtowardRomanticismJamesThomsonEdwardYoungGeorgeCrabbeWilliamCowperWilliamBlakeIntroductionWorksRobertBurnsIntroductionWorksMovementtowardRomanticismExtremestendtoprovokeareaction.WithPopeandthenSamuelJohn
2、sonatthehelm,the18thcenturyragedforwardwiththeheroiccoupletandalmostoutlawedotherforms.However,fromtheveryoutset,somedissentingvoicesexistedandtriedtomakethemselvesheard.Therewasalsotheslybutsteadyassertionofemotionintheageofreason.WithRobertBurnsandWilliamB
3、lakecomingfortheventuallyonthescene,thestagewerewellsetforanewgenerationofpoets,theRomantics.JamesThomson (1700-1748)HeisrememberednowmostlyforhisTheSeasons.TheCastleofIndolencewithitsmedievalallegoricalkindofstory,isreadoccasionallyaswell.TheSeasonsisalongp
4、oemofover5,500lines,composedinblankverseinsteadofthetyrannicalheroiccouplet.EdwardYoung (1683-1765)Heisnowknownsolelyforhislongpoemofsometenthousandlines,Complaint,orNightThoughtsonLife,Death,andImmortality,popularlyknownasNightThoughts.Theworkhelpedtomovepo
5、etryforwardtowardtheageofRomanticism:foronething,itwaswritteninblankverse,notinthefashionableheroiccouplet;thenthepoemisanadequateexpressionofemotions.NightThoughtsisnotedforitspsychologicalprobingsanditsmixingofpersonalsentimentswithreligiousdeliberations.W
6、illiamCowper (1731-1800)Hispersonallifewasturbulentanddepressing.Hewashigh-strungandsuicidal.Hisblankverseprovedtobethebestofhistime.HismajorworksincludetheOnleyHymnsandTheTask,forwhichheisknownandreadtoday.WilliamBlake (1757-1827)IntroductionBlakewasanimpor
7、tantlandmarkinbetweentwoliteraryperiods,pointingdirectlytothatofRomanticism.Thereweretwofactorsinhislifethathelpedtoorienthisthematicthrust.Onewashisnativesensitivitythatenabledhimtoseevisionsanddevelopakindofmysticism.Theotherwashiscontactwithsomeradicalpeo
8、ple.Thetwomajorthematicstrandsthatmakeupthebasicfabricofhispoetryincludehisconcernwithsocialeventsandhismysticism.BlakewasbasicallyavisionaryWilliamBlake (1757-1827)WorksSongsofInnocence“InfantJ
