British Romanticism developed on the heels of the Enlightenment—a period in European history when huge advances in the sciences were made and when there was a lot of emphasis on order, reason and rationality.
Based off of what you've learned in this unit, how can we view and understand Romanticism as a reaction against the values of the Enlightenment? Look at elements of Romanticism from this unit and compare with values of the Enlightenment.
