2. 1620 1700 1800 1900 Colonialism Rationalism Romanticism Realism Modernism

3. Romanticism 1820-1860

4. 3 events helped change the way of thinking from a rational perspective (thinking) to a romantic perspective (feeling)

5. Three Important National Events: 1. Louisiana Purchase Doubled the nation’s size; growth of national pride

6. 2. Lewis and Clark Expedition – 1 st American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back Three Important National Events:

7. 3. War of 1812 –US vs. Britain –ended w/peace treaty –united the population

8. Rationalism vs. Romanticism Beliefs of Rationalism Beliefs of Romanticism 1.Reason 2.Science 3.Order/structure 1.Emotion (because of national pride) 2.Nature (because of expansion) 3.Disorder of the imagination (because nature is unstructured)

9. Characteristics of Romanticism 1.Individualism 2.Imagination 3.Intuition 4.Inspiration (from Nature) 5.Idealism

10. Individualism  Women’s Rights and Abolitionist movements were also becoming strong

11. Imagination –Reaction against the earlier age’s emphasis on Reason –Supernatural themes

12.  Romantics placed value on “intuition,” or feeling and instincts, over reason. Intuition  Emotions were important in all Romantic art.

13. Inspiration from NATURE –R–Romantics looked to nature for comfort, solace, inspiration & spiritual guidance –T–They believed God was present in Nature

14. Idealism  Idealism is the concept that we can make the world a better place.  Romantics believed inspiration was more important than technical mastery.

15. Famous American Romantics: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls,” “A Psalm of Life” Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven,” “The Tell-Tale Heart” Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter “The Minister’s Black Veil” Herman Melville Moby Dick Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass, “Song of Myself” Emily Dickinson

16. Were you paying attention?

17. What three key historical events influenced the Romantics?

18. Name TWO ways Romanticism differed from Rationalism.

19. What are the 5 “I”s of Romanticism?

20. Copy poetry terms chart