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In his poetry, he becomes a part of that nature, allowing him to feel experience nature and, as a result, he is awestruck by its beauty and the heavenly presence it causes him to feel. The poet envisions himself as a part of nature when he says, And with such hues/as clothe the Almighty Spirit, when he makes Spirits perceive His presence" (Coleridge 42-4)

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The bird's song arouses the poet's regarding things that do not belong on this earthly plane. The poet claims his heart "aches" (Keats 1) and his wits are numbed (1) by this and he feels as though the song invites the poet into a sublime environment

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In "Ode to the West Wind," the poet attempts to reach for an experience that is beyond the material world. The poet is aware that the winds of "Autumn's being" (Shelley 1) are ushering in a change, representing the new season

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One of the most insidious responses to the popularity of the novel comes from Anna Letitia Barbauld, because her essay "On the Origin and Progress of Novel-Writing" purports to laud novels while actually serving to neuter them of any critical or ideological power. Barbauld begins by discussing what is arguably the most important role of novels, and fiction more generally: "if the end and object of this species of writing be asked, many no doubt will be ready to tell us that its object is, -- to call in fancy to the aid of reason, to deceive the mind into embracing the truth under the guise of fiction" (Barbauld 119)

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One can, however, note that the mere fact the authors under discussion here found publication for their work demonstrates that they were a part of "the hierarchical nature of a world where higher learning and the upper classes had a naturally harmonious relationship" ("Towards a romantic literary professionalism" 628). Before moving on to the analysis, it is necessary to define one more crucial concept; the public sphere, which was first described by Jurgen Habermas in 1962, connotes a "an overtly commercial 'high' or 'polite' culture," and John Brewer convincingly argues that the emergence of a public sphere in England occurred during the Romantic period, with the waning of the royal court and ecclesiastical power and the emergence of a popular literary fascination with the novel (Brewer 341, 342)

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While the specific details of these responses are clearly rooted in their own specific historical era, they also constitute specific iterations of a more general tendency to disparage, disregard, and divide any new forms of media and expression that threaten the oligarchical control, and to see how this is the case, one may consider Guy Debord's 1968 book The Society of the Spectacle. While Debord's book has since become a mainstay of twentieth-century Marxist criticism, and does include a number of useful insights, his criticisms of the supposed "decline of being into having, and having into merely appearing" is ultimately a criticism of the newly emerging media that allowed for more widespread dissemination of information and culture (namely television) (Debord 11)

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D'Israeli is literally mourning the loss of a literary oligarchy, to the point that he actually decries the technological innovation that made ubiquitous publications possible. After listing all of the wonderful honors paid to authors in past empires, he remarks that "it is to be recollected, that before the art of printing existed, great Authors were like their works, very rare; learning was then only obtained by the devotion of a life," in contrast to his contemporary era, when, "with incessant industry, volumes have been multiplied, and their prices rendered them accessible to the lowest artisans, the Literary Character has gradually fallen into disrepute" (D'Israeli 111)

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The first of these responses was written in 1788 by Viscesimus Knox, and is a discussion "Of Reading Novels and Trifling Books Without Discrimination." As the title suggests, Knox is critical of what he perceives as an "idle curiosity" that seeks "its own gratification independently of all desire of increasing the store of knowledge, improving the taste, or confirming the principles" (Knox 107)

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It became popular because the melodies were so beautiful, and the orchestrations were innovative and enjoyable, and the style of his work helped to define what Romantic period music was to be known as. (Daum) One of the significant historical events that inspired the composers of the Romantic era were the recent wars and many revolutions that were uprising throughout Europe

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Once when she reprimanded the boy and his brother for doing poorly on a school assignment by expressing doubt that they truly loved their father for wasting the money he was spending on their education, Pyotr cried and professed his love for his father for a full day, the incident hardly affecting his brother, while the composer cried himself to sleep that night. (Brown, 6) Durbach was also the witness to his early struggles with musical obsession

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Antiquity, folklore, history and exotic cultures were examined as possible sources of inspiration." (Dorak, Romantic) Tchaikovsky again represented this aspect of the Romantic period by incorporating such themes in his work, for example his "Swan Lake" which is considered to be one of the greatest ballets ever written

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Antiquity, folklore, history and exotic cultures were examined as possible sources of inspiration." (Dorak, Romantic) Tchaikovsky again represented this aspect of the Romantic period by incorporating such themes in his work, for example his "Swan Lake" which is considered to be one of the greatest ballets ever written

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Petersburg Conservatoire which Tchaikovsky attended, and became an extremely important mentor for him. (Garden) He was more than a school master, but someone who worked closely with Tchaikovsky as he developed his talent

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Petersburg, he has to be physically restrained while she got into the carriage because he did not want to see her go, and as soon as he broke free from the restraints he ran to the wheels and held them to try to prevent her from leaving. (Mason) This can be seen as an example of the heartbreaking devotion, love, and desperation that would continue throughout his life, and be expressed through his music

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The woodwind and brass sections, with instruments parts being produced in factories, were significantly expanded. (Miller) Tchaikovsky's music is exemplary of the Romantic period styles in many ways

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However, unlike some of the other Russian composers, nationalism was never a passion for Tchaikovsky, and his symphonic work is almost more German in style. (Moreno) Tchaikovsky's music remains relevant and celebrated in our society today

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However, unlike some of the other Russian composers, nationalism was never a passion for Tchaikovsky, and his symphonic work is almost more German in style. (Moreno) Tchaikovsky's music remains relevant and celebrated in our society today

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Faust The Romantic period in English literature is usually considered to extend from 1798, when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their Lyrical Ballads, to 1832, when Sir Walter Scott died (Abrams et al

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As with most movements, the perception that a group of poets exhibited this sort of shift in sensibility is something imposed after the fact by critics reading the works of Keats, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, among others, and finding that many of their sentiments and responses demonstrate a similarity in outlook different from the previous age. Romanticism was marked by certain attitudes, among them the following: 1) a growing interest in Nature and in the natural, primitive, and uncivilized manifestations of Nature; 2) a growing interest in scenery; 3) an association of human moods with the "moods" of Nature, leading to a subjective feeling for it and interpretation of it; 4) an emphasis on natural religion; 5) an emphasis on the need for spontaneity in thought and action and in the expression of thought; 6) more importance given to natural genius and the power of the imagination; 7) a tendency to exalt the individual and his or her needs and an emphasis on the need for a freer and more personal expression; and 8) the cult of the Noble Savage (Cuddon 814-815)

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While the birth of the Romantic movement is associated with the French Enlightenment philosopher Rousseau's novel, The New Heloisie, Romanticism had a distinct spirit of anti-rationality, mysticism, and belief in the spiritual realm that neo-Classical Enlightenment philosophy lacked, although there was a great deal of cross-pollination between the two ideologies at first. "The Enlightenment believed in the unity of all humanity, in the universal rights of men, and the uniformity, if not the equality of all rational beings" (Cranston 22)