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Name: Dharaba Rayjada
Semester: 2
Roll No.: 7
Paper No.: 5 The Romantic Age
Enrolment No.: 2069108420180045
Email id: dharabarayjada021@gmail.com
Year: 2017-19
Submitted to: Department of English Maharaja Krishnkumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
The Romantic Age
The Romantic age is partly a reaction of industrialization. The period basically considered as Romantic age is 1798 to 1837. The age started with the publication of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth in 1798. This age also know as back to nature because in this age mostly the literature is produced on the theme of Nature and beauty. Basically in this age the development of poetry is at highest peak but other literary forms like novel and essays are also developed in this age. Here we are looking at the Novelists of the age.
Though novel also make marked development in this age mostly the domestic and historical type of novels. The big name among novelists of Romantic age is Scott and Austen. There are many novelists in this age but here I mention some of them.
Novelists of the age
1) Walter Scott
2) Jane Austen
3) Maria Edgeworth
4) John Galt
5) William Harrison Ainsworth
6) Thomas Love Peacock
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh and he was educated at the high school of Edinburgh and university of Edinburgh, where he achieve powerful memory. His father was lawyer. Scott has love affair with some Perthshire lady and he married the daughter of a French exile.
In 1806, he got the valuable post of clerk of session. In 1809, he starts the business with John Ballantyne. Scott’s “Waverley” novels gave him enormous success. In last years of his life, he had a slight paralytic seizure. It passed but it left him with a clouded brain. He refused to desist from novel writing or even slacken the pace. Other illness followed his early lameness becoming more marked. After an ineffectual journey to Italy, he returned to Abbotsford, and died within sound of the river he loved so well.
He also wrote many poems like, ‘The minstrelsy of the scottish border’, ‘The eve of st. John’, ‘The lay of the last minstrel’, ‘Marmion’- this work consider as his masterpiece, ‘Rokeby’ and etc. In 1814 he gave up writing poetry and turned to prose mainly to the novels.
His collection of 45 narratives, he made “Waverley”, which first issued anonymously in 1814. After that he wrote many novels like, ‘Guy Mannering’, ‘The antiquary’, ‘The black dwarf’, ‘Old mortality’, ‘Rob roy’, ‘The heart of midlothian’, ‘A legend of montloso’, ‘The bride of lanmermoor’, and these all novels mostly have scene of Scotland but some of them don’t have the historical Scotland.
As he produced the number of novels, we can find hurridity in his work. Many time it reflects in a work like sometimes it developed very carelessly and finished anyhow, his characters are also developed in hurriedness so sometimes they also finished weakly after they have begun strongly.
He is great contributor to the novel. To the historical novel he brought a knowledge that was not pedantically exact, but manageable, wide and bountiful. To the sum of this knowledge he added a life giving force, a vitalizing energy, an insight and a genial dexterity that made the historical novel entirely new species. Scott often called the prose Shakespeare. He resembles Shakespeare in the free manner in which he ranges high and low, right and left, in his search for material. His villains often melodramatic and hero – heroines wooden and dull. He has much of Shakespeare’s genial, tolerant humor in which he strongly resembles also his great predecessor Fielding.
His style lacks suppleness, but it is powerful, solid, and sure. In his use of the Scottish vernacular he is exceedingly natural and vivacious.
Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Jane Austen was born at Steventon. She educated at home. She is a daughter of Hampshire clergyman. Her father was a man of good taste in the choice of reading material, and Jane’s education was conducted on sound lines. Her first published works were issued anonymously and she died in middle age, before her merits had received anything like adequate recognition.
The chronology of Jane’s novel is not easy to follow, for her works were not published in their order of composition. Her first novel was “Pride and Prejudice” which consider as her masterpiece. Then, ‘Sense and Sensibility’, ‘Northanger Abbey’. In between 1798 and 1811 there was a pause in her writing, but then followed in quick succession. Her other three great novels, ‘Mansfield Park’, ‘Emma’, and ‘Persuasion’.
Her plots skillfully constructed and severely unromantic. Her first work beginning as burlesque of the horrible in fiction, finishes by being an excellent example of her ideal novel. Life in her novels is governed by an easy decorum and moments of fierce, passion or even deep emotion, never occur. Only the highest art can make such plots attractive, and Jane’s does so.
Her characters are developed with minuteness and accuracy. They are ordinary people, but are convincingly alive. Her method of portrayal is based upon acute observation and a quite but incisive irony. Her male characters have a certain softness of thaw and temper, but her female characters are almost unexceptionable in perfection of fiction.
Her place in the history of fiction is remarkable. Her qualities are of a kind that are slow to be recognized, for there is nothing loud or garish to catch the casual glance. The taste for this kind of fiction has to be acquired, but once it is acquired it remains strong. Jane has won her way to a foremost place and she will surely keep it.
Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)
Maria spent most of her life in Ireland. She wrote numerous books but it is little read in contemporary times, though she is popular during her time. Her works are divided in three class.
1) Shorts story for children
2) Irish tales
3) Full length novels
She wrote, ‘Simple Susan’ and ‘Early Lessons’ for the children. Then in her Irish tales, ‘Ormond’, ‘Castle Rackrent’ and ‘The Absentee’ and in her full length novel we can include, ‘Belinda’, ‘Leonora’ and ‘Patronage’ kind of works.
She always over simplify the life and characters in her works to show the triumph of virtue. Her field is same as Jane Austen and she writes simply.
John Galt (1779-1839)
John was born in Ayrshire, and afterwards he move to Greenock. If we talk about his career, he tried many things like first he was clerk then in London he was worked in bar then for some business he goes abroad and then in Scotland he produced large amount of literary work.
His best novels are, ‘The Ayshire Legatees’ which contains much amusing Scottish narratives, then, ‘The Annals of the Parish’ which considered as his masterpiece. Though he has more value as painter then writer.
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-82)
He was born at Manchester and son of a solicitor. After some attempt to study law he took to literature as a career, in 1840 he became editor of “Bentley’s Miscellany”. Then in 1853 he acquired the “New Monthly Magazine”.
He is among the early imitator of Scott. He produces great numbers of novel which cover many periods of English history. His first work is ‘Sir John Chiverton’ but he got success with ‘Rookwood’. His other works are, ‘Jack Sheppard’, ‘The tower of London’, ‘Windsore Castle’, etc…
His style of writing is poor and unpolished but when he is in his right vein he can give the reader a vigorous narrative and we can see it in his “Rookwood”.
Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866)
He was born at Weymouth and a son of London merchant. He has unsuccessfully tried a number of clerical and business posts before joining the East India Company in 1819. At there he served as chief examiner.
He tried his hand in verse also but he is famous for his novels. He wrote seven novels…
1) Headlong Hall
2) Melincourt
3) Nightmare Abbey
4) Maid Marian
5) The Misfortunes of Elphine
6) Crotchet Castle
7) Gryll Grange
His novels consist mainly of discussions phrased in a concise, polished satire, in which characters embodying contemporary ideas dissect themselves with devastating effect.
Conclusion
These are the some novelists of the Romantic age who contribute their best to the English literature. There are other minor novelists also. During this period there is one type of novel which is also written and famous during this age is gothic novels, in which the scary tales are written.
Name: Dharaba Rayjada
Semester: 2
Roll No.: 7
Paper No.: 5 The Romantic Age
Enrolment No.: 2069108420180045
Email id: dharabarayjada021@gmail.com
Year: 2017-19
Submitted to: Department of English Maharaja Krishnkumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
The Romantic Age
The Romantic age is partly a reaction of industrialization. The period basically considered as Romantic age is 1798 to 1837. The age started with the publication of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth in 1798. This age also know as back to nature because in this age mostly the literature is produced on the theme of Nature and beauty. Basically in this age the development of poetry is at highest peak but other literary forms like novel and essays are also developed in this age. Here we are looking at the Novelists of the age.
Though novel also make marked development in this age mostly the domestic and historical type of novels. The big name among novelists of Romantic age is Scott and Austen. There are many novelists in this age but here I mention some of them.
Novelists of the age
1) Walter Scott
2) Jane Austen
3) Maria Edgeworth
4) John Galt
5) William Harrison Ainsworth
6) Thomas Love Peacock
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh and he was educated at the high school of Edinburgh and university of Edinburgh, where he achieve powerful memory. His father was lawyer. Scott has love affair with some Perthshire lady and he married the daughter of a French exile.
In 1806, he got the valuable post of clerk of session. In 1809, he starts the business with John Ballantyne. Scott’s “Waverley” novels gave him enormous success. In last years of his life, he had a slight paralytic seizure. It passed but it left him with a clouded brain. He refused to desist from novel writing or even slacken the pace. Other illness followed his early lameness becoming more marked. After an ineffectual journey to Italy, he returned to Abbotsford, and died within sound of the river he loved so well.
He also wrote many poems like, ‘The minstrelsy of the scottish border’, ‘The eve of st. John’, ‘The lay of the last minstrel’, ‘Marmion’- this work consider as his masterpiece, ‘Rokeby’ and etc. In 1814 he gave up writing poetry and turned to prose mainly to the novels.
His collection of 45 narratives, he made “Waverley”, which first issued anonymously in 1814. After that he wrote many novels like, ‘Guy Mannering’, ‘The antiquary’, ‘The black dwarf’, ‘Old mortality’, ‘Rob roy’, ‘The heart of midlothian’, ‘A legend of montloso’, ‘The bride of lanmermoor’, and these all novels mostly have scene of Scotland but some of them don’t have the historical Scotland.
As he produced the number of novels, we can find hurridity in his work. Many time it reflects in a work like sometimes it developed very carelessly and finished anyhow, his characters are also developed in hurriedness so sometimes they also finished weakly after they have begun strongly.
He is great contributor to the novel. To the historical novel he brought a knowledge that was not pedantically exact, but manageable, wide and bountiful. To the sum of this knowledge he added a life giving force, a vitalizing energy, an insight and a genial dexterity that made the historical novel entirely new species. Scott often called the prose Shakespeare. He resembles Shakespeare in the free manner in which he ranges high and low, right and left, in his search for material. His villains often melodramatic and hero – heroines wooden and dull. He has much of Shakespeare’s genial, tolerant humor in which he strongly resembles also his great predecessor Fielding.
His style lacks suppleness, but it is powerful, solid, and sure. In his use of the Scottish vernacular he is exceedingly natural and vivacious.
Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Jane Austen was born at Steventon. She educated at home. She is a daughter of Hampshire clergyman. Her father was a man of good taste in the choice of reading material, and Jane’s education was conducted on sound lines. Her first published works were issued anonymously and she died in middle age, before her merits had received anything like adequate recognition.
The chronology of Jane’s novel is not easy to follow, for her works were not published in their order of composition. Her first novel was “Pride and Prejudice” which consider as her masterpiece. Then, ‘Sense and Sensibility’, ‘Northanger Abbey’. In between 1798 and 1811 there was a pause in her writing, but then followed in quick succession. Her other three great novels, ‘Mansfield Park’, ‘Emma’, and ‘Persuasion’.
Her plots skillfully constructed and severely unromantic. Her first work beginning as burlesque of the horrible in fiction, finishes by being an excellent example of her ideal novel. Life in her novels is governed by an easy decorum and moments of fierce, passion or even deep emotion, never occur. Only the highest art can make such plots attractive, and Jane’s does so.
Her characters are developed with minuteness and accuracy. They are ordinary people, but are convincingly alive. Her method of portrayal is based upon acute observation and a quite but incisive irony. Her male characters have a certain softness of thaw and temper, but her female characters are almost unexceptionable in perfection of fiction.
Her place in the history of fiction is remarkable. Her qualities are of a kind that are slow to be recognized, for there is nothing loud or garish to catch the casual glance. The taste for this kind of fiction has to be acquired, but once it is acquired it remains strong. Jane has won her way to a foremost place and she will surely keep it.
Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)
Maria spent most of her life in Ireland. She wrote numerous books but it is little read in contemporary times, though she is popular during her time. Her works are divided in three class.
1) Shorts story for children
2) Irish tales
3) Full length novels
She wrote, ‘Simple Susan’ and ‘Early Lessons’ for the children. Then in her Irish tales, ‘Ormond’, ‘Castle Rackrent’ and ‘The Absentee’ and in her full length novel we can include, ‘Belinda’, ‘Leonora’ and ‘Patronage’ kind of works.
She always over simplify the life and characters in her works to show the triumph of virtue. Her field is same as Jane Austen and she writes simply.
John Galt (1779-1839)
John was born in Ayrshire, and afterwards he move to Greenock. If we talk about his career, he tried many things like first he was clerk then in London he was worked in bar then for some business he goes abroad and then in Scotland he produced large amount of literary work.
His best novels are, ‘The Ayshire Legatees’ which contains much amusing Scottish narratives, then, ‘The Annals of the Parish’ which considered as his masterpiece. Though he has more value as painter then writer.
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-82)
He was born at Manchester and son of a solicitor. After some attempt to study law he took to literature as a career, in 1840 he became editor of “Bentley’s Miscellany”. Then in 1853 he acquired the “New Monthly Magazine”.
He is among the early imitator of Scott. He produces great numbers of novel which cover many periods of English history. His first work is ‘Sir John Chiverton’ but he got success with ‘Rookwood’. His other works are, ‘Jack Sheppard’, ‘The tower of London’, ‘Windsore Castle’, etc…
His style of writing is poor and unpolished but when he is in his right vein he can give the reader a vigorous narrative and we can see it in his “Rookwood”.
Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866)
He was born at Weymouth and a son of London merchant. He has unsuccessfully tried a number of clerical and business posts before joining the East India Company in 1819. At there he served as chief examiner.
He tried his hand in verse also but he is famous for his novels. He wrote seven novels…
1) Headlong Hall
2) Melincourt
3) Nightmare Abbey
4) Maid Marian
5) The Misfortunes of Elphine
6) Crotchet Castle
7) Gryll Grange
His novels consist mainly of discussions phrased in a concise, polished satire, in which characters embodying contemporary ideas dissect themselves with devastating effect.
Conclusion
These are the some novelists of the Romantic age who contribute their best to the English literature. There are other minor novelists also. During this period there is one type of novel which is also written and famous during this age is gothic novels, in which the scary tales are written.
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