Romantic Discord

Abstract

Abstract: The Romantic Movement was a cultural movement that changed the literary and political landscape of Great Britain in the early 19th century. However, the political inclinations and implications of British Romantic writers are difficult to discern and Romantics could be found in almost every political faction of the time. This study provides a historical background to the Romantic literary movement and it categorises the political tendencies of Romanticism according to political ideology using examples from some of the most prominent English Romantic writers.