By the end of this lecture, learners will be able to:

  1. Identify key characteristics of British literary movements before 1800.
  2. Understand how Romanticism emerged as a reaction to the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution.
  3. Analyze early Romantic themes and aesthetic principles (emotion, nature, imagination).
  4.  Critically examine William Blake’s poetry as a bridge between Enlightenment and Romanticism.

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