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ROMANTICISM IN AMERICA: 1800-1865

ROMANTICISM IN AMERICA: 1800-1865. The Original Romantics -- Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, Byron. Wait…there are more…. Dark Romantics Edgar Allen Poe – The Raven Herman Melville – Moby Dick Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Scarlet Letter. The Dark side….

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ROMANTICISM IN AMERICA: 1800-1865

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  1. ROMANTICISMIN AMERICA:1800-1865

  2. The Original Romantics -- Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, Byron

  3. Wait…there are more… • Dark Romantics • Edgar Allen Poe – The Raven • Herman Melville – Moby Dick • Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Scarlet Letter

  4. The Dark side… • All poets believed in the subconscious mind • Use mental and artistic freedom to create literature • Interest in the grotesque, gothic, sense of terror, fear; use of the odd. • More escapism from American problems.

  5. RomanticismWhat is it? • Imagination over rationalization • Arises from a previous movement - The Revolutionaries • The opposite of Revolutionaries • The ultimate reality is in the mind – What do you FEEL? • Freedom and individuality focus

  6. It’s Natural to feel this way… • The quest for beauty: non-didactic, "pure beauty." • Interest in the past. • Escapism - from American problems. • Interest in external nature - for itself, for beauty • Nature as source for knowledge. • Nature as refuge. • Nature as revelation of God to the individual.

  7. What do they believe? • They see things in nature, then we are emotionally moved by them. • Rebellion: take inspiration beyond the physical world. • The universe is a thing of beauty and harmony • Revolutionaries/Rationalists: order-science • Emotion robs the mind of analytical powers

  8. …because it’s all about ME • Self-development is a major theme • Self and nature are ONE • Then you understand the universe • You are one with humanity, then you should fix its inequalities, relieve human suffering

  9. Poetic DevicesYou must find at least 4 different examples from the list • Refrain • Onomotopoeia • Tone • Metaphor • Simile • Assonance • Consonance • Alliteration • Personification • Inversion • imagery

  10. Romanticism-- A RebellionAgainst The Enlightenment • Emotion and imagination are important • Center of Human Interest moved to the Individual

  11. Romanticism Cont’d • Nature as source of spiritual refreshment • God is everywhere • Preference for the “Common Man”

  12. Romanticism Cont’d • Supernatural references

  13. Why America?A New World Environment • New sense of freedom • “All men are created equal”

  14. The Age of Reason vs. Romanticism Reason to see truth, Logic The World is a perpetual motion machine. Intuition and imagination to see truth The World is a living being.

  15. The Age of Reason vs. Romanticism God as clock-maker Imitated Greeks and Romans God is all around us No Imitation

  16. The Age of Reason vs. Romanticism Common sense is reliable. All men are the same. Inner perception Every man is different.

  17. Romanticism in Literature • For pleasure, not politics • Literature gets personal • Glorify the Land • Insights into characters • Celebrated America • How does this compare/contrast to Puritanism?

  18. Romanticism in Literature:Changes in Style • Changes in poetry • Changes in Prose

  19. Romanticism…in summary • Emotion and imagination • A search within -- Individuality • Importance in Nature • God is everywhere • Common Man is heroized • Elements of the Supernatural

  20. Romanticism in American ArtExplain how each of the following paintings reflect the literary time period.

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