AN ARTISTIC MOVEMENT THAT GREW OUT OF A REACTION AGAINST THE DOMINANT ATTITUDES OF THE AGE OF REASON ROMANTICISM (1800-1860)

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AN ARTISTIC MOVEMENT THAT GREW OUT OF A REACTION AGAINST THE DOMINANT ATTITUDES OF THE AGE OF REASON ROMANTICISM ( )

CHARACTERISTICS Love for nature Focus on individualism Supernatural, the mysterious, gothic (dark side of human nature) Idealism Passionate love of country Yearning for picturesque and exotic

FOCUSES ON FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS Revolt against Age of Reason Revolt against Industrial Age Two divisions (types) -Dark Romantics: Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson -Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau

Edgar Allan Poe

OTHER MAJOR AUTHORS Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans

FIRESIDE POETS Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes, Whittier Easy to read, inspiring- read by families Concerned with ordinary Americans Romanticized American life Romanticism began a major change for America; we started producing our very first FICTION: -First published American Authors/Books -Literature reflected life in the U.S.- our experiences (freedom, expansion, industrialization)

TRANSCENDENTALISM Individualism Every man/woman could transcend the material world Knowledge comes from intuition Nature is alive with “the spirit” Humans could read nature and find truths Material success is source of corruption Wanted to reform society and create utopia Over soul

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau Religion is a barrier to God Humanism Optimistic attitude/tone