Waiting for the millennium was a major feature of British society at the end of the 18th century. But how exactly did this preoccupation shape—and how was it shaped by—the literature, art, and politics of the period we now call Romantic? These …
The French Revolution Convinces England That The End Times Have Come. This Infuses the Anti-Modernist Romantic Movement of the early 1800’s
Romanticism and millenarianism | |
| Tim Fulford - 2002 - Limited preview | |
Pages 2-8 give a fantastic overview of how England was convulsed by visions of Apocalypse and The New Jerusalem. These Neo-Puritan Social Movements became secularized in the labor movement and the Romantics rejection of Modernity.
Romanticism was a backlash movement filled with resentment. It laid the groundwork for the modern Identities.
