Late englightenment pre-romanticism lord byron: poems

PRE-ROMANTIC AGE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE GEORGE GORDON LORD BYRON AND ROBERT BURNR AND BLAKE
PLAN
1 LATE ENGLIGHTENMENT
2 PRE-ROMANTICISM
3 LORD BYRON: POEMS
During the period of Late Enlightenment the writers of the period also expressed the democratic bourgeois tendencies of their time. But unlike their predessessors from previous two periods, they did not value reason so much. And they regarded feelings (or sentiments. Hence the name of the period – Sentimentalism) more important than the force of intellect. The main representatives of the period are Laurence Sterne and Oliver Goldsmith (“The Vicar of Wakefield”) in the gentre of the novel, Richard Sheridan (“School for Scandal”) in drama.
Laurence Sterne is considered to be the father of the European sentimentalism. Besides sometimes Sterne was a parodist on the novels of other enlightenmenters.
- “The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman” (1760-1767) – this a very eccentric novel with long or short chapters, chapters written in English, French and Latin, with dots instead of words in the chapters, and with the main character only 5 years old at the end of the novel. The book contains many funny personages. The plot of the novel is inconsistent. PRE-ROMANTICISM
This period is marked by the appearance of the new kind of novel - the Gothic novel (готический роман). Gothic novels are characterized by the interest in the past and in the folklore. This genre is associated with the Middle Ages, religion, some supernatural forces, mystery, etc. The action usually takes place in the Middle Ages, among ruins, cathedrals, etc., with knights as the main characters.
The father of the Gothic novel in English literature is considered to be Horace Walpole (Хорас Уолпол) (1717 - 1797) with his novel "The Castle ofOtranto" ("Замок Отранто"). Mrs. Ann Radcliffe (Энн Рэдклиф) (1764 - 1823) was another writer who followed the tradition of the Gothic novel.
Lord Byron wrote a considerable number of poems, 275 of which were published during his lifetime. Here is a very condensed list of some of his most notable works:

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  'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers' (1809) - This satirical piece received mixed reviews, as it attacked the first generation of Romantic poets, including Wordsworth and Coleridge.
  
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  'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' (1812) - A widely popular narrative poem, featuring what later became known as the Byronic hero. The publication of its first two parts sold well and made Lord Byron famous.
  
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  'The Corsair' (1814) - A highly popular tale in rhyming verse about a pirate.
  
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  'Don Juan' (1819) - Also popular, 16 cantos of this epic narrative poem were published, but Byron died before completion. It is loosely based on his own escapades in Italy during his self-imposed exile.