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Monday, April 4

Monday, April 4. Welcome back! Hope everyone had a nice spring break  Grab handouts Today: American Romanticism in literature and the visual arts Homework : Read Emerson’s “American Scholar” essay and complete Transcendentalism Thought Chart. Tomorrow: Transcendentalism discussion .

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Monday, April 4

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  1. Monday, April 4 • Welcome back! Hope everyone had a nice spring break  • Grab handouts • Today: American Romanticism in literature and the visual arts • Homework: Read Emerson’s “American Scholar” essay and complete Transcendentalism Thought Chart. • Tomorrow: Transcendentalism discussion

  2. American Romanticism 1830-1865 • The American Renaissance – in the sense of a flowering excitement over human possibilities, and a high regard for individual ego. • Why was the time ripe for such a literary explosion? • Culture • Politics • Economy • Religion

  3. American Romanticism • Shares many characteristics with British Romanticism. • Specifically American components: • Awe of wild aspects of nature • Recapturing ecstasy of exploration and discovery • Confronting American pressures for conformity • Independence

  4. Edgar Allen Poe 1809-1849 • First well-known author to try and earn a living through writing alone. • One of earliest American short story writers and considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. • Best know for his Gothic fiction works and tales of mystery. • His most recurring themes deal with questions of death. • “The Raven”, “Annabelle Lee”, “The Telltale Heart”

  5. Emily Dickinson 1830-1886 • Lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. • Poems were in letters to her friends. Published after her death and heavily edited. • Themes of death and immortality. • Slant rhyme, unconventional capitalization and punctuation. • Ballad stanzas, which were four line stanzas alternating in iambic tetrameter and trimeter. 1 of 2 known photographs

  6. Walt Whitman 1819-1892 • Among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. • America's first "poet of democracy” • Deeply influenced by Deism. • His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. • Unique structure – there was no set length for his poems, stanzas, or even lines. Steel engraving of Walt Whitman. Published in 1855 edition of en:Leaves of Grass

  7. “I Sing the Body Electric” • One of the 12 poems from the first edition of Leaves of Grass (1855) • Praise of the wonders of the sensual body and a response to those who doubt the body. • “Electric” wasn’t a commonly used word during this time. • Form • Free verse • Poem of lists gives structure • Stanzas used as organization

  8. “I Sing the Body Electric” • What aspects of Romanticism are most prevalent in the poem? • How does the poem reflect American Romanticism specifically? Look for commentary on: • Identity • Freedom • Religion • Politics • Read Stanza 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (skip 3 and 9)

  9. Homework: • Read Emerson’s “American Scholar” essay • Complete Transcendentalism Thought Chart • Tomorrow: Transcendentalism discussion

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