The Romantics Emotion is everything

What is Romanticism? Emotions are everything (Not just love, but ALL emotions) Emotions are extreme (Never a little of anything) Truth is found by trusting your gut feeling rather than logic The environment will reflect the emotional nature Fiction rather than non-fiction

What inspires Romanticism? German “Sturm und Drang” movement Translation: Storm and Stress Free to express any emotion Reaction to Enlightenment and results of the French Revolution French Revolution turns incredibly bloody-supposed to be new era Maybe logic doesn’t get every answer Industrial Revolution Cities are starting turning dirty and crowded Older buildings are starting to decay First novels take off Britain starts this trend

Famous Authors Major Romantic Authors Washington Irving (First Major American Author) Nathaniel Hawthorne James Fennimore Cooper (First American Novelist) Herman Melville Charlotte Perkins Gilman Kate Chopin Transition authors to Realism Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson

Fireside Poets First poets to rival the British poets Kept poetic form Changed topics to the every day Poets: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,

Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1860-1935 Aunt Harriet Beecher Stowe Mom overprotective Wouldn’t let them read Only showed affection while she was asleep Marries despite doubts Post-Partum Depression after birth of child No one listened to her problem Ends marriage

Kate Chopin 1850-1904 Publishes in magazines Atlantic Weekly Vogue Most famous novel (The Awakening) condemned as too much Forgotten after death until 1950s Common themes Women Trapped by marriage or sexual roles

Herman Melville Family Careers Most famous stories: Grandfather participated in Boston Tea Party Father dies while leaving the family with no money Careers Worked on Whaling ships: topic of many stories Loses fame as a writer and forgotten until 1920 Most famous stories: Moby Dick: Novel about a man on a search for a whale “Bartleby the Scrivener”: Short story about a man who gives up on his life on Wall Street “Benito Cereno”: Short story about a slave ship

Washington Irving 1783-1859 Growing up Scottish immigrants Born the same week the Revolution ended Terrible student- liked theater more Also historian (Christopher Columbus) and biographer (George Washington) Most famous works: “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” “Rip Van Winkle”: Guy sleeps through the American Revolution