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Classicism (Rationalism) Truth through reason Order, balance, logic important Human nature governed by fixed, unchanging laws Social and common good Clarity, balance in lit. Function to teach Very traditional Facts The Revolutionary Period

Classicism Believed the world was static and unchanging. The clock was the symbol.

Rationalism 1750-1800 Life guided by reason and logic over imagination Order, tradition, balance important Quest for democracy The Revolutionary War-Ben Franklin

Romanticism Imagination Feeling and intuition Beauty in nature Youthful innocence Supernatural Personal The individual had unlimited potential (women’s rights and slavery issues). Looks to the past (folk tales), Lit. stressed emotions.

Romanticism 1800-1870 Love of nature The individual Imagination over reason The Fireside poets

Romanticism The world is dynamic and ever changing. The symbol is a tree.

Romanticism Transcendentalism Man, God, & nature united in the Oversoul Optimistic-man basically good Emerson & Thoreau Dark Romantics / Anti-Transcendentalists Believed man capable of evil Psychological & supernatural Poe