1. The American Romantic Movement (aka The American Renaissance) ~ 1800-1860

2. Romanticism The name given to those schools of thought that value feeling and intuition over reason. Reaction against the Rationalism of Ben Franklin Reaction against the corruption and decay found in the cities – inspiration and value found in nature

3. The 5 “I’s” of Romanticism Intuition Imagination Innocence Inspiration –Nature –Supernatural Inner Experience

4. Aims of the American Romantic Novelists & Short Story Authors Create a new art form Capture the American landscape and American sentiment through a “new hero” in a “new story” Authors: James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving

5. The new American Hero James Fenimore Cooper & Natty Bumppo Take notes on the “characteristics of the new American hero” on page 146-149

6. Nathaniel Hawthorne

7. Aims of the American Romantic Poets Wanted to be respected by European authors Used classical themes and imagery in addition to images of nature Did not want to be seen as “American country bumpkins” – almost too traditional in their formats and themes The Fireside Poets (poems often read aloud at campfires and in front of the hearth) – Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

8. Oliver Wendell Holmes

9. The Dark Romantics The darker side of the 5 “I’s” Supernatural elements Gothic images Authors: Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe

10. Herman Melville

11. The Transcendentalists Romantic Philosophers Authors: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau More notes later…

12. Ralph Waldo Emerson