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Romantics

Romantics. Vs. Puritans & Rationalists. Prime Examples of differences in general. ROMANTI C NON-ROMANTIC/CLASSICAL Emotional                                    Reasonable and Practical Individualistic                               Public Responsibility

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Romantics

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  1. Romantics Vs. Puritans & Rationalists

  2. Prime Examples of differences in general. ROMANTI C NON-ROMANTIC/CLASSICAL Emotional                                    Reasonable and Practical Individualistic                               Public Responsibility Revolutionary Conservative Loves Solitude & Nature    Loves Public, Urban Life Fantasy/Introspection External Reality The Particular    The Universal Subjective Perception Objective Science Satisfaction of Desire Desire Repressed Organic Mechanical Creative Energy/Power Form Exotic Dull Idealist Philosophy Materialist/Empirical Philosophy FACT: Romantic writing, when studied, was found to have more left brain activity whereas non romantic had more right brain

  3. God Comparing Puritans, Rationalists, and Romantics • Puritans: God is in direct control of the world • Rationalists: God is like a fine clock maker • Romantics: God is in nature Why Things Happen Puritans: God causes it Rationalists: Law of nature Romantics: Things happen in nature

  4. Men Practicing Religion • Puritans: Go to church everyday or you go to hell • Rationalists: some Atheists, some Agnastic, some Deist • Romantics: Practice God’s teachings in the woods • Puritans: people are bad • Rationalists: people are good • Romantics: Source of Truth • Puritans: Only the elect preach God’s word • Rationalists: Everyone can talk to God; based on reason • Romantics: Nature holds the truth to everything

  5. Life • Puritans: God controls life; predestination • Rationalists: You control your own life, not God • Romantics: Live by nature, become nature when you die What God Wants Puritans: Live, work, die for God Rationalists: Be happy, enjoy life, God wants you to do good Romantics: Enjoy life through nature

  6. Romantics and Puritans • Similarites • Like things in natural state, not man made • Differences • Romantics are not as strict about religion

  7. Romantics and Rationalists • Similarites • Believe things happen naturally • People are good • Differences • Romantics hate the city • Romantics spend their time in the woods • Rationalists think education and expanding their minds is important

  8. Works cited • "AMERICAN ROMANTICISM OVERVIEW." The University of West Georgia. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <http://www.westga.edu/~mmcfar/AMERICAN%20ROMANTICISM%20overview.htm>. • "Intro to American Romanticism." Virginia Commonwealth University. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng372/intro.htm>. • Stern, Milton R. The American Romantics 1800 - 1860. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975. Print. •  "American Romanticism and Andrew Cohen «." Philosophy Is Not a Luxury. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <http://evolutionaryphilosophy.com/2010/03/12/american-romanticism-and-andrew-cohen/>. • "Variations on a Theme | Romanticism from the Canvas to the Printing Press to the Opera House." Oracle ThinkQuest Library. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126184/english/litamericanrom.htm>. • Monaghan, Sean M. "Romanticism - Romanticism in Art." Oil Paintings Reproduction - Canvas Oil Painting Reproductions For Sale. Web. 19 Apr. 2010. <http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/romanticism.htm>.

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