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Dark Romanticism & Transcendentalism

Alexis Sydne Paige Willy. Dark Romanticism & Transcendentalism. Transcendentalism . A belief that there is a spiritual reality above the physical reality. Everything is a reflection of the divine soul Physical world leads you to the spiritual world G od is in nature and in their souls

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Dark Romanticism & Transcendentalism

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  1. Alexis Sydne Paige Willy Dark Romanticism &Transcendentalism

  2. Transcendentalism • A belief that there is a spiritual reality above the physical reality. • Everything is a reflection of the divine soul • Physical world leads you to the spiritual world • God is in nature and in their souls • Person is his/her own authority • Feeling over reason

  3. Transcendentalism • The goal is to aim for perfection • Look to nature not the bible • Imagination • Feeling • Nature • Logic • Best known Transcendentalist is Ralph Waldo Emerson (influential writer)

  4. Romanticism • Thought that values feeling over reason • Reaction against rationalism • Imagination over rational thinking • Used powerful motion • Searched for exotic settings in natural places

  5. Romanticism • Highest form of imagination is poetry • Lowest form of imagination is science • Edger Allan Poe once said that science is a vultures with wings of dull realities preying on hearts of poets

  6. Dark Romanticism • Doesn’t believe in perfection • Emphasized down fall of people and bad qualities • Anthropomorphized evil (character represents evil)

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