The Cambridge School of Romanticism

The Cambridge School of Romanticism is a critical approach to understanding the Romantic movement in literature and art, emphasizing the historical and social contexts of the period, roughly from the late 18th to the mid-19th century. Scholars from this school focus on how the ideas of individualism, nature, and emotion in Romantic works were shaped by the political, cultural, and philosophical shifts of their time. They analyze key figures like Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley within these broader contexts, seeking to understand how their expressions were influenced by events like the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.