1. Romanticism
An Introduction

2. What does it mean to call someone Romantic?

3. 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

4. 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.

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

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

7. Class work/Homework
Read pages in your textbook; complete pg 1 of your packet

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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.