ROMANTICISM
Romanticism Artistic movement Artistic movement State of Mind, or both State of Mind, or both
Characteristics of romantic writing Imagination over reason/intuition over facts Imagination over reason/intuition over facts
Characteristics of romantic writing Intense interest in and reverence for nature Intense interest in and reverence for nature –Beauty of nature –Divine or supernatural revealed in nature –Nature guides human beings –Love of nature
Characteristics of romantic writing Accent on Mystery Accent on Mystery Strange/fantastic aspects of human experience Strange/fantastic aspects of human experience
Characteristics of romantic writing Democracy and individualism Democracy and individualism
Romantic Writers Washington Irving Washington Irving –RipVan Winkle, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Devil and Tom Walker Wm Cullen Bryant Wm Cullen Bryant –To A Waterfowl, Thanatopsis Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allen Poe –The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher
New England Renaissance: Transcendentalism Transcendentalism-Emerson-Thoreau Anti-transcendentalism Anti-transcendentalism-Hawthorne-Melville Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson
Others Fireside Poets Fireside Poets - Longfellow -Whittier-Lowell-Holmes Walt Whitman Walt Whitman