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This feminist treatise was a key text of the era, advocating for equality and rational education for women. Her work challenged traditional gender roles and influenced later Romantic thinkers who focused on individual rights and the critique of social norms. -
Published anonymously by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this collection of poems is often considered the official start of English Romanticism. It included Coleridge's famous "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey." The book's goal was to reject the formal, elevated language of 18th-century Neoclassical poetry in favor of simple, common language and themes drawn from everyday life and nature. -
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The late 18th century saw the flourishing of the Gothic genre, which bridged the pre-Romantic and peak periods. Novels like Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) and Matthew Lewis's The Monk (1796) popularized tales of suspense, the supernatural, and intense emotions. These works showcased a taste for the melodramatic and sublime that would later be adapted by more mainstream Romantic writers like the Brontë sisters. -