ENGL 262 Romanticism to Resistance (Vanguard U SP25)

Blast, a modernist journal, was created by Wyndham Lewis alongside writers such as Ezra Pound in 1914. Its explosive cover – bold BLAST lettering set against a magenta background– serves as a visual manifesto rejecting the ornate traditions of the Victorians and Romantics. … more

Published in the April 1913 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” embodies the Imagist ideal. The poem is only 14 words long and creates a clear and concise image of a subway. 

The apparition of these faces in the crowd: 

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• Title: Composition VII
• Artist: Wassily Kandinsky
• Year: 1913

“Composition VII”… more

Mark Gertler painted this in 1916 and it depicts the circular and mechanical aspects of World War both on the homefront and on the battlefield.

Gertler, Mark. The Merry-Go-Round . 1916. Tate Gallery, London. www.tate.org.

In this painting by Thomas P. Hall, one can view many of the different classes of Victorian society.  All are enjoying an artwork that presumably shows a natural scene; the viewer is looking out at the street from inside an art dealer's shop..  Note that there is both a well-dressed gentleman and lady, as well as a street urchin with a broom.  The child would possibly be a… more

Holy Trinity Church in Clapham, London, served as a significant meeting place for the Clapham Sect, a group of evangelical social reformers dedicated to the abolition of slavery. Figures like Hannah More, William Wilberforce, Granville Sharp, and Henry Thornton frequently gathered here to discuss and advance their cause. The church became a symbol of faith-driven activism, where religious… more

Josiah Westwood is the creator of The Kneeling Slave, 'Am I not a man and a brother?'. He was a member of the Clapham Sect seeking to end the slave trade. This emblem was used across many of their different materials, such as medals and cufflinks. Through his creative invention, the message of abolishing was spread throughout Britain, spreading his work to both… more

The Popularity of the Strawberry Hill house was a great statement for the architecture revolving the Gothic period surrounding the 18th and 19th century. Walpole had gotten inspiration from Gothic Cathedrals around Europe. Some Details that were added to the house would be having chimney pieces, doors and cielings that were based on gothic vaulting as well as having medievel tombs and rose… more

This is an illustration of an event in chapter seven of William Ainsworth's The Tower of London. In this chapter, Cuthbert Cholmondeley wakes up on a dungeon floor, chained to the floor and thinks he is living in a nightmare. He then falls asleep for a long period of time, and wakes to a loud scream. He sees a frightening figure in the shadows and it moves… more