I had to read this books last year for my High School Lit course. I suppose you already know this but Romantic literature is divided by time periods. In medieval Europe, Romantic literature was more or less about chivalry, Quests and placing women on pedestals (But don't assume all these stories/poems/ballads were about marriage, many of them has virgin males who quested to become virtuous). During the Romantic period (1780 - 1830), you had Wordsworth and Coleridge who wrote more about returning to nature and god (wordsworth) and the mystical and supernatural (Coleridge). It was about the beauty and love of nature and god rather than of the opposite sex. The Victorian Period (1830 - 1914) saw a return to the Chivalric values of the medieval period. Overall, the romanticism of the Modern lit is about seeing the world through rose tinted glasses and viewing it in a way that is different from other.
The reason why Wuthering Heights is considered Romantic is because of the technical definition of Romantic literature, not because it's suppose to be like a Harlequinn romance. The CHaracter of Heathcliff is considered to be THE romantic hero because he searched for his ideal. While love is involved, His quest is a throwback to those tomes of medieval literature. Heathcliff may not be nice about it, but he searches for his ideal and fights for it. When he dies, he finally attains his ideal. It doesn't make sense in this short form, but it makes more sense when yo9u understand what romantic literature is actually about.
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During the Romantic period (1780 - 1830), you had Wordsworth and Coleridge who wrote more about returning to nature and god (wordsworth) and the mystical and supernatural (Coleridge). It was about the beauty and love of nature and god rather than of the opposite sex.
The Victorian Period (1830 - 1914) saw a return to the Chivalric values of the medieval period.
Overall, the romanticism of the Modern lit is about seeing the world through rose tinted glasses and viewing it in a way that is different from other.
The reason why Wuthering Heights is considered Romantic is because of the technical definition of Romantic literature, not because it's suppose to be like a Harlequinn romance. The CHaracter of Heathcliff is considered to be THE romantic hero because he searched for his ideal. While love is involved, His quest is a throwback to those tomes of medieval literature. Heathcliff may not be nice about it, but he searches for his ideal and fights for it. When he dies, he finally attains his ideal. It doesn't make sense in this short form, but it makes more sense when yo9u understand what romantic literature is actually about.