Romanticism Notes Before the Age of Romanticism (Before 1800)

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American Romanticism 1800-1860

Romanticism Notes Before the Age of Romanticism (Before 1800) American writers not widely read Puritans and Revolutionary Period writers not very interested in fiction No fiction!?! Put me to sleep!!!

Literary Romanticism Movement Population became bored with logic and reason Romanticism sought to elevate imagination over reason and intuition over fact

Romanticism Time Frame 1800-1860 Romanticism was a literary and artistic movement of the 19th century It was a response to 18th century Revolutionary writing, which relied on exposition and persuasion versus narration

Unlike classicism Romanticism focused on the following: Traits of Romanticism Unlike classicism Romanticism focused on the following: Imagination Emotion Nature Individuality A shift took place from personal and political documents to entertaining ones

Romantics felt that civilization often corrupted man. God can be found in nature Characters quest for a higher truth, that can’t be taught in formal settings Individual truth is more important than institutional laws Settings often exotic or supernatural Characteristics of Romanticism

Romantic Hero Lives in harmony in nature and prefers nature over civilization. Uncorrupted by civilization and has high moral character Hawkeye from Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (1826)

Romantic Writers Romantic elements can be found in the works of the following well known authors: Edgar Allan Poe Henry David Thoreau Ralph Waldo Emerson Nathaniel Hawthorne Washington Irving Herman Melville James Fenimore Cooper Hawthorne Poe

Anti-Transcendentalism Romanticism Anti-Transcendentalism Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism Origin of Transcendentalism Core Belief A Change in Focus Based on a philsophy of Emanual Kant (1724-1804) as expressed in The Critique of Practical Reason Knowledge came not from experience or reason, but through intuition and self-revelation Nature was their church where they went for inspiration

Most Noteworthy Transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Emerson Thoreau

Anti-Transcendentalists Famous Anti-Transcendentalists Also known as Works showed the evil of mankind Nathaniel Hawthorne Washington Irving Herman Melville Edgar Allan Poe Gothicism Dark Romanticism