| In the 19th century, the British prose development entered the prosperous time, becoming the romantic literature movement an important branch. The theme expands to daily life each aspect, author's individuality color is also thicker, in which has continued the 18th century's amiable style, but the sentiment has broken through, symmetrical, controlling the rationalism spirit, opening the field of vision, galloping the imagination and broking the seal style, and the article length has also elongated. The prose expanded its sphere of action in the novel utilization; the willful exaggeration also achieves the acme. In which outstanding prosper, regards Charles Lamb, William Hazlitt and Thomas De Quincey.Charles Lamb (1775-1834) publishes the poetry anthology, and writes the script, however the achievement is not remarkable. He and his elder sister Mary writes Shakespeare Play Collection of stories has obtained the success. Concerned the representative works, we have to say that was his two volumes :Essays of Elia,1823; Last Essays of Elia,1833.Lamb always uses the smile to look at this world, and indulges in"remembers past times with lives at the life the decline form". First, this form manifests in the Lamb prose overall affective tone in the past time, loving the old psychology and he has the inborn timid to the new things, he will be afraid of facing the future. Not only he expresses in writing the story occurred in the past, but also displayed in the article often quoting the ancient word archaism. That was because he was very fond of Shakespeare's comedy and Milton's poetry.As the theme, Lamb writes really little greatly narrates and rushes the sentiment. In his article, there is the life and the emotional experiences .Lamb loves the city and the city life. He has the difficult solution urban complex, just like he said:"All the main street and small alley of London were all the pure animal, at least I understood how to plant the alchemy that`s the love of living in the crowd."In his prose, there is a more tolerant treatment to others. Put himself in another's place, not only to his family member manifests depressed classes' sympathy which frequently in his informal essay suffers hunger and cold to these, the universal love spirit is becoming the key character of his work.Another key character was a matter of lie, this technique passed through his informal essay. In addition, humorous, is not only inserts funny dialog, but under the good attitude to life.William Hazlitt (1778-1830) is the great proser in the British romantic time, who shares the honor with Lamb. His heavy perception and the imagination make widely known the individuality, but opposing the authority and the old customs and habits. Advocated diverse and tolerant, but opposes narrow and despotic. In the 19th century, he was one of Romantic Movement important representatives.The most attractive point of Hazlitt is also lies in the courage, dare to say anything and the most important was he harbors in various aspects of enormous zealous and the interest. He can discover and appreciate in the life unusual and can expound his original idea flash. On the theme universality, his informal essay is broader than Lamb who lived in the same time.He cannot get used to seeing attacks pertinent, when expresses his thought by this way, he often have the intonation or the extreme mood satirizes. This kind of undeniable judgment in the articles often presented one kind cannot discuss, not adjustable and the intonation.This kind of radical emotion makes him often to immerse in his own plausibility and rigorous logic. Excelling in the logic is also flustered to the simple truth, big expense is in every way. Therefore the reader will lose in its numerous and disorder proof and the analogy. This will be the common mistakes in romantic time article.In his best informal essay, there is some kinds of contradiction. Precise feeling and the two of strength mutually conflict, confused Hazlitt's best essay, Caused them to give the impression which human also misses the point. In addition, Hazlitt's special prose has the remarkable insight to point out the malpractice that in the society.Hazlitt can especially unify the written and the spoken language. In many articles he use the kind tone , which has pulled reader closer probably like friends.Thomas De Quincey (1785--1859) is the British renowned prospers and the critic. In his article involves the history, the political economy, the philosophy and the theory of literature and art. He divides into the literature two broad headings:"the knowledge literature"and"the strength literature". The latter moved the reader, the romantic literature belongs to the latter.In his prose is flooding massive long passage laying out, to tell a very simple story, he also adds many beautifications and the collateral evidence. Finally, what he wants to speak has already vanish.Thomas De Quincey becomes famous in the literary area because of writing the individual. In the happiness caused by opium, he does not want to argue painstakingly and change others' belief ,he just wants to tell the story. He only combs his own memory, and resorts to the conception in painting.De Quincey's dreamland has also manifested him to the Eastern obstinate prejudice. When he is awake at night, he thought himself to leave England for China to study Chinese's manner and the life style. This concerns the Chinese culture rejection in 19th century.
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