Essay About Rise Of The Middle Class And Social Darwinism

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ROMANTICISM
Social&Political Context
Cultural Climate
-art&fashion
-literature 1750-1870
-England 1789-1830
-romanticism first in the 18th century; romance-like
-pre-romantic
Influence:
social, political, economic changes
new developments in psychology&metaphysics
Industrial Revolution
French Revolution
American Revolution
J.J. Rousseau, W. Godwin, folk literature
The negative effect of the Industrial Revolution
Agricultural economy – Industrial (machines replace manual labour; division of labour)
Mass production , science & practical knowledge
Ind. Rev. in the 18th c in Great Britain and America
In. Rev. in the 19th c in the US and Europe
in the 20th c
consequences:
-loss of jobs (security), long working hours, low wages, child labour, woman labour
-drift to the cities – development of growth, overpopulation of cities
example: Songs of Experience: London
-pollution
-capitalism
-Social Darwinism (survival of the fittest)
-rise of the middle class (leads to political revolution) 18th & 19th c
The French Lieutenants Woman by J. Fowles
The French Revolution 1789-1799
The fall of Bastille
-equality
-national assembly
-Paris= centre of power
-Changes:
Reconstitution of the state
Social and religious changes
Guilds removed
Minor religious groups allowed
Legacy
Ideas: liberty, equality, democracy, nationalism
The American Revolution
-War of Independence