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1 ROMANTICISM

2 Romanticism Artistic movement Artistic movement State of Mind, or both State of Mind, or both

3 Characteristics of romantic writing Imagination over reason/intuition over facts Imagination over reason/intuition over facts

4 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

5 Characteristics of romantic writing Accent on Mystery Accent on Mystery Strange/fantastic aspects of human experience Strange/fantastic aspects of human experience

6 Characteristics of romantic writing Democracy and individualism Democracy and individualism

7 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

8 New England Renaissance: 1840-1855 Transcendentalism Transcendentalism-Emerson-Thoreau Anti-transcendentalism Anti-transcendentalism-Hawthorne-Melville Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson

9 Others Fireside Poets Fireside Poets - Longfellow -Whittier-Lowell-Holmes Walt Whitman Walt Whitman

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