intellectual and imaginative climate,which can be called time spirit.The imagination of many Romantic writers was indeed attracted by the French Revolution.In the early period of the revolution,all of them except Edmund Burke were in sympathy with it.Later even after the first disappointing events in France,the younger writers,including Byron,Shelly felt that its example,purged of its errors,still constituted humanity's best hope.The Revolution generated a pervasive feeling that this was an age ofnew beginning when everything was possible.It was a time of promise,a renewal of the world and of letters.Old things seemed passing away and nothing was dreamed of but the regeneration of the human race.It was an age of burgeoning free enterprise and revolutionary hope. V.The emphases Passion Intuition Idealism Creativity 5 Rebellion Individuality Imagination Age of Reason vs.Age of Romanticism Descartes: “Cogito,.ergo sum” 10 I think.thereforeI exist. intellectual and imaginative climate, which can be called time spirit. The imagination of many Romantic writers was indeed attracted by the French Revolution. In the early period of the revolution, all of them except Edmund Burke were in sympathy with it. Later even after the first disappointing events in France, the younger writers, including Byron, Shelly, felt that its example, purged of its errors, still constituted humanity’s best hope. The Revolution generated a pervasive feeling that this was an age of new beginning when everything was possible. It was a time of promise, a renewal of the world and of letters. Old things seemed passing away and nothing was dreamed of but the regeneration of the human race. It was an age of burgeoning free enterprise and revolutionary hope. V. The emphases Passion Intuition Idealism Creativity Rebellion Individuality Imagination Age of Reason vs. Age of Romanticism Descartes: “Cogito, ergo sum” I think, therefore I exist. 5’ 10’