Concept of education

William Blake (1775-1827)

Father of Mary Shelley (her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft). De soltera, Mary Goldwin.Frankenstein: romantic gothic

• Imagination, feelings, breaking the rules (taboo - the way the doctor’s playing with body parts), 

• Romanticism references: solitude, God is the only one who can create life. Taboos,freedom. • On one hand, we have many romantic elements… but there is an additional element: a philosophical concern about the nature and solitude of human beings.Features:• Against rationalism• Against Augustan poetry: neoclassical, where it is important to follow very rigid and strict patterns, both in the form and in the contents. • Symbolism. Interesting because of the symbols. He liked engraving. Symbolism changes in each poem.• Absent-minded • Nature is virtue and innocence: it’s society that spoils human beings. Admiring nature. • Mysticism: the idea of religion to forget the world and live in a higher environment, far from society and against it.

• Uses the Bible and its images: “The Bible is the Great Code of Art”

George Gordon Lord Byron (1788-1824)

• He reflects his own way of being in his characters.

• This “byronic hero” (ruling personage) appears variously disguised in his writings: it’s a persistent character who is moody, passionate and an unrepentant wanderer.

• Despises humanity • He is in isolation, self-reliant, inflexible, pursuing his own ends, following his own moral code. Against any opposition, human or supernatural.• So his life was imitated in art.

• Somehow it reminds us of Dorian Grey, rebellious spirit who can do whatever he

wants…Can also be connected with Nietzsche’s concept of superman (hero who stands outside the jurisdiction of …

• He went on an expedition to assist in the Greek war and he died because of an illness.• Cultural references. Greek and Rome — referring to the past, to Empires…