Art as literature, literature as art, during the idustrial revolution.
We know that many people wrote along this historical clue moment, but still, what they mainly wrote about was the tragic situation the working class was submitted to, the terrible consequences of this discovery, or the exaltation of it. But it was all about being critic, positively and mainly negatively. Critics, Essays, New Concepts: Marx, Hegel, Capitalism, and Marxism…
But me must also keep in mind a group, that wanted to escape from all of this and was looking for comfort, and they sort of found it in NATURE. This where the ROMANTICISM.
They stressed the meaning and power of NATURE, denouncing this way, the ‘monstrosity’ of this machines.
Among the most important British Romantics we should keep in mind: Lord Byron, William Blake and Shelley. That has definitely foot printed English literature, with their masterpieces.
So what do we do? We are free of choosing technology and renouncing to the amazing beauty and power of nature expressed through words, or choosing nature and renouncing to technology?
As usual, we a free of making a choice, but as usual I say ‘In medio stat virtus’.
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