a.Historically,it was provoked by the French Revolution and the English Industrial Revolution 10 b.Culturally,the publication of French philosopher Rousseau s books provided necessary guiding principles for the French Revolution which aroused great sympathy and enthusiasm in England c.England experienced profound economic and social changes:the enclosure movement and the agricultural mechanization;the capitalist class grasped the political powe and came to dominate the English society. III.The basic aims 1.a return to nature belief,in the goodness of humanity,the rediscovery ofthe artist as a supremely individual creator 5 2.the exaltation of the senses and emotions over reason and intellect. IV.The Time Spirit Though romanticism is a term applied to the period by later critics,their contemporaries grouped the authors at the time 10 into various schools as "the Lake School,""the Cockney School,"and "the Satanic School."This indicates that at the time there were authors representing different styles yet there was really something distinctive about the time,a pervasivea. Historically, it was provoked by the French Revolution and the English Industrial Revolution b. Culturally, the publication of French philosopher Rousseau’ s books provided necessary guiding principles for the French Revolution which aroused great sympathy and enthusiasm in England c. England experienced profound economic and social changes: the enclosure movement and the agricultural mechanization; the capitalist class grasped the political power and came to dominate the English society. III. The basic aims 1. a return to nature belief, in the goodness of humanity, the rediscovery of the artist as a supremely individual creator 2. the exaltation of the senses and emotions over reason and intellect. IV. The Time Spirit Though romanticism is a term applied to the period by later critics, their contemporaries grouped the authors at the time into various schools as “the Lake School,” “the Cockney School,” and “the Satanic School.” This indicates that at the time there were authors representing different styles yet there was really something distinctive about the time, a pervasive 10’ 5’ 10’