1.Values feeling and intuition over reason 2.Places faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination 3.Shuns the artificiality of civilization.

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1.Values feeling and intuition over reason 2.Places faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination 3.Shuns the artificiality of civilization and seeks unspoiled nature 4.Prefers youthful innocence to educated sophistication 5.Champions individual’s freedom and the worth of the individual 6.Reflects on nature’s beauty as a path to spiritual and moral development 7.Looks backward to the wisdom of the past and distrusts progress 8.Finds beauty in truth and the exotic locale, the supernatural realm, and the inner world of the imagination 9.Sees poetry as the highest expression of the imagination 10.Finds inspiration in myth, legend, and folklore TEN CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTICISM

School of thought that values intuition and feeling over reason ROMANTICISM

A literary and philosophical movement asserting the existence of ideal spiritual reality with science and intuition. To find truth one must go beyond the everyday human experience in the physical world TRANSCENDENTALISM

How did Bryant use his influence as an influential journalist to defend human rights and personal freedoms? What did his work help establish? “Thanatopsis” reveals what about Bryant and his views on death? How does this exemplify the tenants of Romanticism? WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

Where did he attend college? What was his first occupation? Why did he quit? How was he influenced by European writers? What was his philosophy? RALPH WALDO EMERSON

What effect does Emerson believe nature has on all people regardless of age? Emerson background info and philosophical beliefs How does he feel the divine effects a person’s circumstances? “NATURE”

THOREAU Marching to a different drummer How does his lifestyle reflect his philosophy? Who was his mentor? “Walden” seminal work Modern examples of Transcendental philosophy

Believes actions should be based on reason rather than emotional response. RATIONALISM

American English Triumph of the colloquial The “Barbaric Yawp” American Romantic poets vs. American Romantic novelists Literary character types that emerged during this time period Bright vs. Dark Romantics Self-reliance KEY POINTS FROM THE TEXTBOOK BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON PAGE

Its purpose “The Devil and Tom Walker” Horatian Juvenalian Harshest form of satire Modern day example of satire SATIRE

Unit 7 VOCABULARY