Didacticism in eighteenth century writing

Nature stands as a source of inspiration for the writing but writings have taken it to others when they have written writings in different periods of history. For romantics, nature writings composed differently but for the 18 century writings, the role of natures is different. Romanticism was a reaction against 18th century writings' perspective (Deane, 1935, 67). Nature is admired by romantics as it exists even if they are considered wild and Nature as their teacher as 18th century writing admired Nature only when it has been in an organized state. The age of Romanticism was called before the age of reason, the age of rationality and many other names such as the writing of this period given the fundamental importance to everything that seems reasonable and rational (Novak, 1983, 140) Earth has two forms: Nature as an external reality and nature as an internal reality. Nature as an external reality which is depicted in appearance and nature as an inner reality is that which man has within him (Deane, 1935, 73).

Reason, common sense and good posture are the qualities that are praised and well spoken in the 18th century but for romantics, it has all the superficiality and they thought it as restraining the natural goodness in man (Deane, 1935, 86). Wordsworth and Coleridge are the two major Romantic writings. For Wordsworth, Nature is of utmost importance. At first he took pleasure in sensuous pleasures of nature but over time, he saw a mystical Nature paper. As far as Coleridge was concerned, he got the gift of imagination from different aspects of Nature. Nature stands as a source of curiosity for Coleridge.

18th century writing he circled around the three notions, truthfulness, didacticism and satire. The subject of the writing written by 18th century writing ...