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WhatarethegeneralliterarycharacteristicsoftheRomanticAge? TheRomanticAgeisanageofromanticenthusiasm.AtfirsttheliteraturereflectedthepoliticalturmoiloftheagestirredbyFrenchRevolution.Whentheturmoilwasover,itsuddenlydevelopedanewcreativespirit,whichshoweditselfmainlyinthepoetryofromanticpoets,andmadethisageresembleElizabetanAge. Thisageisemphaticallyanageofpoetry.Manyyoungenthusiasticwritersturnedtopoetryasahappymantosinging.ThegloryoftheageisseeninthepoetryofWordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,ShelleyandKeats. Womennovelistsappearedinthisage.Itwasduringthisperiodthatwomenassumed,forthefirsttime,animportantplaceinEnglishliterature.Mrs,AnneRadcliffewasoneofthemostsuccessfulwritersofGothicnovels.JaneAustenofferedushercharmingdescriptionsofeverydaylifeinherenduringnovels.Theirworksraisedwomentoahighplaceinliteraturewhichtheyhaveeversincemaintained. ThegreatesthistoricalnovelistWalterScottbelongstothisperiod.Hishistoricalnovelscombinearomanticatmospherewitharealisticdepictionofhistoricalbackgroundandcommonpeople’slife.Scottmarkedthetransitionfromromanticismtotheperiodofrealismwhichfollowedit. RomanticproseoftheperiodwasrepresentedbyCharlesLamb,WilliamHazlitt,andThomasDeQuincey.Lambisthebestessayist,whoseessaysarenotedfortheirfamiliarstyle. WhatarethedifferencesbetweenthetwogroupsofRomanticpoetsintheirpoliticalattitude? Theromanticpoetssplitintotwogroupsbecauseoftheirdifferentattitudestowardthecapitalistsociety.Thefirstgroupofromanticpoets,thatis,theoldergeneration,reflectedthethinkingofthoseclasseswhichhadbeenruinedbythebourgeoisie.TheyturnedtothefeudalpastandidealisedthelifeoftheMiddleAgestoprotestagainstcapitalistdevelopmentottheyturnedtheirattentiontodescribingnatureandinthenaturalworldtheyfoundtheidealformofhumanlife.Whentheywereyoungtheywerepoliticallyenthusiastic,andlatertheybecameconservative.TheseromanticpoetsarerepresentedbyWordsworth,ColeridgeandSouthey. Thesecondgroupofromanticpoets,thatis,theyoungergeneration,expressedtheaspirationandideasofthelabouringclasses.Theyhel