At first, yes. After all, he was there and it looked like a new dawn.
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,
But to be young was very heaven.
But that was because he thought it was going to be like the Glorious Revolution in Englan; a bloodless transition to a constitutional monarchy. Like most Englishmen, he changed his attitude once the Reign of Terror got under way; and anyway, Wordsworth, having started out as a romantic revolutionary, got more and more conservative as he got older.
The French Revolution had an important influence on the writing of the Romantic period, inspiring writers to address themes of democracy and human rights and to consider the function of revolution as a form of change. In the beginning, the French Revolution was supported by writers because of the opportunities it seemed to offer for political and social change. When those expectations were frustrated in later years, Romantic poets used the spirit of revolution to help characterize their poetic philosophies. In this essay I am going to concentrate on the influence of the French revolution on two great romantic writers, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
They supported this in order to result of the French Revolution.
He supported the push for democracry but not the Reign of Terror.
William Pitt, the Younger.
The Americans never "supported" the French Revolution. They understood very well why the French wanted to have a change in their own country. Because the French had helped America fight in their revolution, America was freed from the UK government and got their declaration of Independence. When the French troops returned home and started revolting against their own government as well, the Americans understood very well the cause of it and at first supported it, but only until it became clear to the Americans that the French were using horrible violence and were actually planning on dethrowning and killing the King and Queen. When the Americans got wind of that, they stopped their understanding instantly since they could not agree with such radical and violent plans. Especially not, since King Louis XVI had sent the French troops to America to help fight against the UK! How could they support a country that wanted to rid itself from the French King who gave the Americans the ability to be independent? They were very grateful to Louis XVI and they started to sympathize with him.
The French Revolution is the revolution Wordsworth refers to in the prelude.
The French Revolution
No European Nation supported the French Revolution.
The French Revolution had an important influence on the writing of the Romantic period, inspiring writers to address themes of democracy and human rights and to consider the function of revolution as a form of change. In the beginning, the French Revolution was supported by writers because of the opportunities it seemed to offer for political and social change. When those expectations were frustrated in later years, Romantic poets used the spirit of revolution to help characterize their poetic philosophies. In this essay I am going to concentrate on the influence of the French revolution on two great romantic writers, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
The desire for change sparked the French revolution. Most of the country were peasants and commoners, who supported the idea of change.
Wordsworth was critical of the French Revolution, particularly as it veered towards violence and instability. He believed that the strive for liberty and equality should be pursued through peaceful means rather than through bloodshed. Wordsworth's views on the French Revolution reveal his concern for the human cost of political upheaval and his belief in the importance of moral principles in guiding social change.
Many different English politicians condemned the French revoltion. One of the most famous ones to do so was Irish-English Edmund Burke, who, having earlier supported the revolution, wrote a book critical of it called Thoughts on the Revolution in France.
No, he supported the Republicans.
Washington was unhappy about it but the Jeffersonians supported the French Revolution.
Napoleon :)
William Wordsworth was influenced by nature, the countryside of the Lake District, the French Revolution, and his own personal experiences, such as the loss of his parents at a young age. These influences shaped his poetry, which focused on themes of nature, imagination, and the power of the human mind. His work often reflected his belief in the importance of the individual and the connection between nature and humanity.
They supported this in order to result of the French Revolution.