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Characteristics and Facts of Romanticism

Characteristics and Facts of Romanticism. American Romantic writers believe cities are centers of corruption and ugliness. American Romantic writers rejected rationalism because they believed that scientific reasoning discouraged intuition and spontaneity.

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Characteristics and Facts of Romanticism

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  1. Characteristics and Facts of Romanticism • American Romantic writers believe cities are centers of corruption and ugliness. • American Romantic writers rejected rationalism because they believed that scientific reasoning discouraged intuition and spontaneity. • The journey in American Romantic literature can best be characterized as leaving civilization and entering the world of nature • American Romantic novelists were inspired by exotic settings and supernatural events. • The typical American Romantic hero was deeply intuitive and ruled by superior principles.

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