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| Neoclassical lit, also called Age of Reason. Time period when people began to think. |
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| Beautiful and the Sublime. |
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Kubla Khan, Edmand Burke
Burke's concept of the sublime was an antithetical contrast |
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| Committee of Public Safety |
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Reign of Terror, Robespierre
The committee was responsible for thousands of executions, with many high-profile executions at the guillotine, in what was known as the "Reign of Terror". Frenchmen were executed under the pretext of being a supporter of monarchy or opposing the Revolution The Committee ceased meeting in 1795. It was set up to organise the defence of France. |
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| Fascination with the outside world. |
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| "experiments in simplicity" |
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Lyrical Ballads,
Wordsworth and Coleridge. |
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