...to the age of sensibility and private concerns (5 jun 1745 año – 23 sept 1780 año)
Descripción:
an interest in the natural world led to poetry exalting the emotions and meancholy. What mattered more and more was the artist's sensibility, and inspiration was increasingly found in nature and solitude, prefiguring romanticism. Growing interest in meditation, introspection and imagination. Originality prevails over imitationRise of Methodism with is emotionall response to god and to philanthropy
Poetry of melancholy: L Sterne, O Goldsmith
portraits of J Reynolds and landscapes of Gainsborough
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against the excess of rationalism of the age of satire. Social and political issues were abandoned in favor of the poet's own experience and personal response to the beauty of nature →pre romantic poetry
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5 jun 1745 año
23 sept 1780 año
~ 35 years
