This period coincided with French Revolution which was carried against oppression. The literature of this period valued emotions, passion and individuality in place of reason and intellect. Introduction of Romantic Age The romantic period in English literature begins with the publication of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads in 1798 and ends with the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. Romantic period coincidence with the revolution in French and American and therefore it is also known as The Age of Revolution. The French Revolution was a battle to achieve equality and remove oppression incurred by opperessive King Louis XVI. People of France were angered by increased taxation to support their country's involvement in the American Revolution, oppressive feudal system, crop failure and other economic difficulties. The French Revolution began in 1798. The effect of French Revolution did not confine to France only. It started a revolutionary fervour ...