Sentimentalism as a trend in literature and art appeared in England in the 18th century. At the turn of the 18-19th centuries, he came to Russia. As you know, the 18th century was considered the century of reason and enlightenment, but sentimentalism highlighted human feelings.
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The new literary and artistic direction got its name thanks to the English writer Laurence Stern - the author of the novel "A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy".
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However, first of all, sentimentalism manifested itself in poetry. James Thomson's poem "The Seasons" awakened a love of nature in the hearts of readers, showing the discreet beauty of rural landscapes. The so-called cemetery poetry was also addressed to feelings, one of the best examples of which was Thomas Gray's elegy "The Country Cemetery".
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Yet the most famous examples of sentimentalism have been created in the genre of the novel. English, and after them - and Russian young ladies wept over the fate of the heroes of the novels of Samuel Richardson "Pamela", "Clarissa Garlow", "Sir Charles Grandison". The novelist was completely indifferent to the beauty of nature, his works are devoted to the study of human psychology.
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French sentimentalism began with Pierre Marivaux's novel The Life of Marianne, which told the story of a poor but beautiful and noble orphan whose origins remained a mystery to the reader.
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The famous novel of Abbot Prevost "Manon Lescaut" opened for the reader a new area of feelings - a violent passion that leads the hero to disaster. The heroine of the novel is also unusual. Instead of an innocent young girl, a courtesan thirsty for luxury appeared before the reader.
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The pinnacle of French sentimentalism was the novel by Jean-Jacques Rousseau "Julie, or New Eloise" - a story of unfulfilled love, ending with the early death of the heroine.
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A classic example of German sentimentalism is Johann Wolfgang Goethe's novel The Suffering of Young Werther. This is a story of unhappy love with the suicide of a young man in love in the finale.
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The founder of Russian sentimentalism was the writer and historian Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin. The most famous among his works was "Poor Liza" - written under the strong influence of Goethe's Werther, the sad love story of a peasant girl for a young nobleman who betrayed her.
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Sentimentalism is also reflected in Russian painting. He had a particularly strong influence on the work of Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky, who loved to portray dreamy young girls against the backdrop of English landscape parks. The classic example of a sentimental portrait by the artist is “Portrait of M. I. Lopukhina . The romantic Orest Kiprensky, who embodied the image of poor Liza in one of his best works, did not escape the passion for sentimentalism.
