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Romanticism An Introduction

What does it mean to call someone Romantic?

What does it mean to call someone Romantic? Describe a Romantic encounter in detail. It can be personal experience, or what you would imagine to be the most Romantic moment. This should be 5-7 sentences

Romanticism An American Literary movement that elevated the individual, the passions, and the inner life. It stressed strong emotion, imagination, freedom from classical correctness in art forms, and rebellion against social conventions.

Romanticism The name Romanticism can be a bit misleading because Romantics do not necessarily write about love.

Some famous American Romantics: Washington Irving Edgar Allan Poe Emily Dickinson Walt Whitman Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau

Class work/Homework Read pages 242-253 in your textbook; complete pg 1 of your packet

Washington Irving “The Devil and Tom Walker”; “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”; “Rip Van Winkle” First American writer to achieve an international reputation Spent quite a bit of time abroad; people question his patriotism; however, Irving’s writings and personal feelings are clearly American

Faust Legend: A tale about a man who sells his soul to the devil for earthly benefits. Each retelling involves a person who trades his soul for experience, knowledge, or treasure. Endings vary with the protagonist either, Doomed to failure Redeemed by virtues

Significance? Washington Irving’s success marked the beginning of a distinctly American literary heritage. He retold the Faust legend (German) in a noticeably American way.