People such as, um, "Toiletscrub", lead lives far too busy to allow them the luxury of watching boring stuff about boring stuff at normal speed. Well ... I suppose I shouldn't be sarcastic; for all I know, he's working three jobs, getting five hours of sleep a night, and struggling to get a piece of paper to get himself ahead ....
"Wordsworth and Coleridge were relocating dignity in the commonplace, restoring grace and significance to ordinary lives, where saints and heroes walked unannounced and unknown." - This is a brilliantly written documentary series. Thank you so much for uploading this for us to enjoy!
In the unique qualities of his person, Peter Ackroyd embodies the primary value of the Romantic Revolution. He and his life and work are its fulfillment. This is apparent. I thank him for the work he's done to bring the news to the rest of us.
my dear friend farhaan chohan opened my eyes to this video it really does encapsulates the essence of the romantics influence and the period itself how it echoed through history how the events of the french revolution impacted the generation of the time how these poets used their emotions and put it all in their writing to create such brilliance and class that not only did rebel to the capitalist injustice at the time but allowed readers for centuries forward and in between to relate and be inspired by their work which relates to the injustices in modern day society, this production is quite emphatic in its purpose.
By God this is the best documentary series I've ever seen on this subject. So evocative. It really works to get across the spirit of Romanticism not only in describing and narrating but by expressing it in the very presentational style of the programme.
I wish i could have seen this 7yrs back when i was in my masters. I would have definitely devoted more of my time in literature back then. It is far more bttr then watching movies. It aroused interest in me for my subject that i haven't study for last 6 yrs. Thanx for the motivation.
Excellent! Would love to see more like this. Have always admired Coleridge and he is one of a few poets I would have loved to have met. This has prompted me to read the Lyrical Ballads again.
The docu carries the singular BBC cachet. The narration deftly blends with the visuals marked by surreal jump-cut, montage, and subtle interplay of light and shade that accentuates angularities of characters represented. I could have sworn the rough-hewn, weather-beaten, ancient mariner with a bronchial, throaty voice was the real- life escapee from Coleridge's piacular ballad.
I wouldn't use the term "piacular" - but only because I have no idea what it means. Otherwise, I agree, particularly re: the 'ancient mariner'. My only nit-picking nit-pick is that his teeth were too clean and healthy-looking. But what a face, and what a voice!
A word is worth a thousand pictures. Piacular denotes atonement, expiation... to scrub off an acute sense of guilt. The ballad is a delight to read, with or without a stimulant. Pour a large one, nevertheless. Easy on water please !
Rousseau said that; 'Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.' and he wrote also that 'Freedom is the power to choose our own chains.' So he is a man of paradoxes as he wished to be. :))
Khatia Shiuka “Now it is easy to perceive that the moral part of love is a factitious sentiment, engendered by society, and cried up by the women with great care and address in order to establish their empire, and secure command to that sex which ought to obey.” ― j j rousseau
"Everyone was different; everyone was unique.. By making art out of revolutionary philosophy, Wordsworth and Coleridge succeeded where the revolution had failed. They gave politics a human face. Lyrical Ballads was a revolution in twenty-three poems."
the dark tone of the opening was completely hilarious for me because of the adorable face and voice of the narrator😆 pulse it helped me out with my paper. what a wonderful day.
great documentary, and it's a plus that the narrator sounds like the clergyman in Princess Bride - "MAWWIAGE: that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam."
Wow! i have read The rime of the ancyent marinere, but i had marly read it as literature, but now understanding the significants of it, i have even greater respect!
Trophy.When we sleep,even in a coma, we can still hear what is going on around us. Please don't put yourself down. You are a Lifelong Learner with Dignity and Wisdom.
@@muhammedrahman6975 I can understand your disappointment but it’s not about the sole inspiration, it’s about the journey, the journey of literature which I believe u should embark upon young fellow
I'd like to learn more about Coleridge and Wordsworth. I am going to keep watching this Romantics youtube playlist. I find all of this stuff so fascinating. I guess there was such creativity in that time just as there is today. I wonder who is the most important thinker of that era?
Interesting information about the Romantics, but I was distracted, and amused, by the strange, chubby little narrator walking around and looking menacingly at the camera at every scene change
Nature never deceives us it is we who deceive ourselves. Our greatest evils flow from ourselves. Man confuses and confounds time, place and natural conditions. The more we are massed together the more corrupt we become. - J.J. Rousseau
Is that David Tenant from Doctor Who?? And the other guy is in Doctor Who as well as the Master, I think? I think he also played Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes.
Interesting, i was watching something about Ayatollah khomeinei and HE published his revolutionary manifesto in exile as well. It seems thats the only safe way? We got a couple of exiles, where can we find THEIR latest work?
Listening to this I feel like I was in the Church in the Mosque in the Mandil in the Pagoda in the synagogue in the midst of Nature listening to Faith Wisdom Respect for each other for Flora Fauna Minerals Oceans Skies Earth Man Woman Children Living Dying Alive or Dead.Visible or Invisible Reality or Dreams Hope or Despair. A Detoxifying crucible where being aware of my frailties faults etc I still cherish Hope.I am not depressed....
“....everything in the world could be explained and understood.” I think this has been the boast of every age, hasn’t it? Not that Diderot’s contribution was trite! It’s just that, when men struggle to throw a rope around “Everything,” “Everything” morphs into something larger and more complex than the latest rope-thrower could possibly have imagined! And Diderot’s “world” was France....it’s the only world he knew. The WORLD was something so much more vast than he could ever have imagined. Once his great work was finished, people could not realize what they didn’t know, and everything devolved into violence and a Hell none of them wanted or foresaw. Men think, and people suffer.
Do I feel ashamed to be Human?Yes I do. Do I feel angry against myself?yes I am. Why so much negative emotions in Humankind of which I am mea culpa. It's hard to be envious jealous greedy selfish and the horrible feelings... Now greediness fuels the climate change for the worst and its ultimate annihilation.A Gift given to Humanity that Humans trampled and is still stamping upon...o I am so depressed..
"We will never have freedom until the last king, general and banker have been strangled by the entrails of the last priest, AI technology and corporate tyrants.
I love the fact of; the concept of a "god" and or religion was and is, being slowly dismantled and eventually will be in it's totality left in the past, forgotten forever by knowledge, science and technology. Long live the Atheist Philosophers and Enlightened One's!
Meanwhile, today in Britain a king is still head of state but now enjoying a luxurious lifestyle without the responsibilities. Our second legislative chamber, The House of Lords, remains entirely unelected and has more members than ever before. The aristocracy keep their stolen lands and their titles. This is Britain in 2023!
SO, if everyday life is our prison, how is one supposed to live off air itself? How did these philosophers expect (since the Romantics were against the industrialization), for people to eat and live? Is there no balance between a healthy spirit and the need for work?
He fails to mention even one woman in this movement. I do love and read Peter Ackroyd, and I think his writing is important. But in leaving out half of mankind, his works continue to be always in question.
@@forestdenizen6497 - Oh, dear. Everything must be categorised, bureaucratised, reduced, very much against the spirit of Romanticism. Do you have a good idea? A liberating idea? An enlightening idea? An inspirational idea? A salutary idea? A sublime idea? Welcome! Gratitude! Appreciation! Whatever your gender or race or species. Offer fresh new functional ideas and perspectives and paradigms instead of whining about the old. Do better! Expand consciousness! Expand capacity!
The guillotine was NOT invented by the namesake...it was invented by a german who built musical instruments i think his name was "schmidt".. oh well minor point but lets keep it real 😮😊
Why do we always have the feeling that we somehow know more than the previous generations? Is it because of technology, or change in our clothes? Historically oblivious primitives thought of the previous generation as gods; we think of ours as misguided activists. Do we know more, or better? Maybe history teaches only one thing: namely that all human endeavors are useless and that nothing ultimately changes. Not only "the sun also rises," but its shining is indifferent to everything.
What do I know? Que sais-je? Nothing. Nothing. As I vegetate What a malpropism Even vegetable grows The linearity of birth idleness death the only horizon O how I admire the thinkers the philosophers How I hate the politicians whose life missions and visions run along the way of selfishness greed lies ....
