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Unit 15: The Triumph of Romanticism (Social, Economic, Political and Cultural Conditions)

Not all writing on the slums was as sensationalist as Mearns’s. The first volume of Life and Notes
Labour of the London Poor, Charles Booth’s 17-volume study, appeared in 1892.
In this age literary criticism became firmly established by the appearance of such maga-
zines as the Edinburgh Review (1802), The Quarterly Review (1808), and Blackwood’s
Magazine (1817).

15.4 Keywords
Bastille on July 14, 1789 : The more radical revolution in France, which started with the
storming of the prison called the Bastille on July 14, 1789, had far
more serious repercussions.
The French Revolution : The storm centre of the political unrest was the French Revolu-
tion, that Frightful uprising which pro-claimed the natural rights
of man and the abolition of class distinctions.

15.5 Review Questions
1. Describe the triumph of romanticism along with its social, Economic, political, cultural con-
ditions.
2. What is social conditions in the 19th century ? Explain.
3. What is the French Revolution?

Answers : Self Assessment

1. American Revolution 2. France 3. September massacre
4. Napoleon 5. Canning Town 6. Victoria Docks

15.6 Further Readings

Books History of English Literature, Kalyani publishers, New Delhi, 2004: Long. W.J.
A History of English Literature-Arthur-Compton-Rickett, UPSPD, New Delhi.
History of English Literature, Cambridge University Press, London, 1968: Legouis
and Cazamian.

Online links www.postcolonialweb.org/poldiscourse/yang/1.html
www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.78/chapterId/
www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/histories/irish/origins/origins.htm

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