Romanticism movement begins
Poets involved
What happened
In 1798 William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge jointly published Lyrical Ballads, a slim volume that opened with Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and closed with Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey. The Preface to the second edition, written by Wordsworth, set out a new theory of poetry as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings expressed in the language of ordinary people. The collection is widely regarded as the founding document of English Romanticism.
Literary impact
The Romanticism movement began in 1798, emphasizing personal expression and emotional depth in literature. Improved paper and printing technology facilitated the wider distribution of works by poets like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, shaping the literary landscape.
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