Naturalism, Romanticism and John Keats: A Discussion

Abstract

Romanticism and naturalism is a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. The study begins with a demonstration of Keats as a representative of Romanticism, Naturalism and the explanation of the crucial romantic as well as natural traits. Keats's imagery ranges among all physical sensations- sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell, temperature, weight, pressure, hunger, thirst, sexuality, and movement. Keats’s synaesthetic imagery performs two major functions in his poems: it is part of their sensual effect and the natural scenario traits. Author analyzed through the Romantic features such as imagination, emotion, nature and beauty of Keats’s creations. This study aims to depict that the artists are influenced by the natural beauty and romantic artistic visions. While idealizing human beings the artists demonstrate a human paradox which indicates the thirst to live forever. This study is exclusively based on secondary source of information.