Romanticism

Annabel Lee as a representative of Poe’s poems about death of beautiful maidens It’s always a little hard to separate the life of the legendary Poe from his works. In this case, there are some striking similarities. „Annabel Lee“ is the last complete poem written by Poe, published shortly after his death in 1849. Like […]

Romanticism evolved in response to the French Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment that followed. Rather than focus on reason and rationality to explain man, romanticism focused more on emotions and feelings to explain nature and portray them. Inspired by the ideas of Jean Jacques Rousseau romanticism emerged as a reaction to 18th-century values, asserting […]