Neo-romanticism

(Disambiguation: you may be looking for Neoromanticism (music) or New Romantic (British pop music)).

In Britain

In Britain, 1880-to-1910:

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Neo-romanticism emerged strongly in the period from about 1880 to about 1910, in Britain.

Related Topics:
1880 - 1910 - Britain

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See:

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• Gerard Manley Hopkins
• Lewis Carroll
• John Ruskin
• Edward Elgar
• Vaughan Williams
• The Aesthetic movement and the Arts & Crafts Movement, two sides of the same coin.
• William Morris & his novel News from Nowhere
• Symbolism
• W.B. Yeats
• Rudyard Kipling for Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairies.
• A.E. Housman for A Shropshire Lad
• Neo-gothic architecture
• Some modes of pictorialism in photography.

In Britain, 1930-to-1955:

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In the 1920s, artist began to re-evaluate and re-discover the works of their Romantic forebears; from the visionary work of Samuel Palmer and William Blake via high Romanticism, to the neo-romanticism that flowered between 1880 and 1910. This led to a further re-flowering - in the Depression and war years between 1930 and 1955, and this can be seen in the work of: artists such as John Piper; John Craxton; John Minton; David Jones; Graham Sutherland; Stanley Spencer; Eric Ravilious; writers such as John Cowper Powys; J.R.R. Tolkien; Mervyn Peake; C.S. Lewis; Arthur Machen; T.H. White; Dylan Thomas; Geoffrey Grigson; and Herbert Read; film-makers such as Humphrey Jennings; Powell and Pressburger (e.g.: A Canterbury Tale, 1944 and Gone to Earth, 1950); and photographers such as Edwin Smith; Roger Mayne; and John Deakin. Many working in this vein benefitted from efforts to record the English home front during World War II, proving able to provide a timely and useful romantic vision of the national heritage at a time of war.

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Samuel Palmer - William Blake - Romanticism - Depression - 1930 - 1955 - John Piper - John Craxton - John Minton - David Jones - Graham Sutherland - Stanley Spencer - Eric Ravilious - John Cowper Powys - J.R.R. Tolkien - Mervyn Peake - C.S. Lewis - Arthur Machen - T.H. White - Dylan Thomas - Geoffrey Grigson - Herbert Read - Humphrey Jennings - Powell and Pressburger - 1944 - 1950 - Edwin Smith - Roger Mayne - John Deakin - English - World War II

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In Britain: 1955-to-1975:

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Neo-romanticism suffered neglect in the art world, when the strong waves of state-sponsored abstract expressionism and Warhol-ian pop art swept in from the USA from the 1950s to the 1970s. But as major ecological awareness and 'back to the land' movements began in the mid to late 1970s; then the work of the neo-romantics began to be, once again, re-discovered and re-evaluated, often through the work of magazines such as Resurgence. Before this it survived most strongly in English poetry, for example in the growing posthumous reputation of Dylan Thomas, in the work of Vernon Watkins, Laurie Lee, and the celebratory poems of Ted Hughes. One can also see neo-romanticism emerging in the serious science fiction and fantasy writing of the period. Benjamin Britten might be noted in this period; given his strong attraction to supernatural themes, folk music and the use of 'the innocent boy' as a motif.

Related Topics:
State-sponsored - Abstract expressionism - Warhol - Pop art - USA - 1950s - 1970s - Ecological - Dylan Thomas - Vernon Watkins - Laurie Lee - Ted Hughes - Science fiction - Benjamin Britten

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In Britain: 1975-to-2005:

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Neo-romanticism continues, to this day, as a viable current in the English underground: notable artists being Alan Reynolds, Graham Ovenden and the Ruralists; Christopher Bucklow; Robert Lenkiewicz; Andrew Logan; Ian Hamilton Finlay; and the fashion designer Vivienne Westwood; the writers Angela Carter; Russell Hoban; Ted Hughes; Pauline Stainer; and Peter Ackroyd. It is also strongly present in the early super-8 and later personal films of Derek Jarman (e.g. The Garden, The Angelic Conversation). In serious popular music, one might cite Virginia Astley (From Gardens Where We Feel Secure); John Foxx (Systems of Romance and The Garden); and some have seen the early eccentric songs of Brian Eno, and even his later sound-scapes, as neo-romantic in nature.

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English underground - Alan Reynolds - Graham Ovenden - Ruralists - Christopher Bucklow - Robert Lenkiewicz - Andrew Logan - Ian Hamilton Finlay - Vivienne Westwood - Angela Carter - Russell Hoban - Ted Hughes - Pauline Stainer - Peter Ackroyd - Derek Jarman - Virginia Astley - John Foxx - Brian Eno

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Neo-romanticism can be noted also as a strong current in British children's literature of the 1970s and 80s (e.g.: Alan Garner).

Related Topics:
Children's literature - 1970s - Alan Garner

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It is also a current in post-1945 British photography: Fay Godwin; James Ravilious; Raymond Moore and Andy Goldsworthy being a few notable names.

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Fay Godwin - James Ravilious - Raymond Moore - Andy Goldsworthy

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