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Page 1: Introduction to American Romanticism. Romanticism: The Movement Time Frame: late 18th century - early 20th century Origins First appearance in Germany.

Introduction to American Romanticism

Page 2: Introduction to American Romanticism. Romanticism: The Movement Time Frame: late 18th century - early 20th century Origins First appearance in Germany.

Romanticism: The MovementTime Frame: late 18th century - early 20th century

OriginsFirst appearance in Germany in 1770s (“Sturm und Drang”); England in 1790s; spread to America from 1820s onward

What Started It?A reaction against the Enlightenment or Age of Reason, especially emphasis on formal propriety, classical style, and decorum

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What do you think of when you hear the word

“Romantic”?

Jot down as many things as possible.

Bullet points are fine. Go for at least 8-10 associations.

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Romantic and romantic

➔ r: Emotion, imagination, symbolism, love

➔ R: INDIVIDUALITY - The Individual and relationship to society (Birth of “Self”)

➔ R: FEELING over FORM - experimentation and creativity in art and literature

➔ R: AWE, OPTIMISM, ESCAPISM - the uncharted frontier, opportunity, adventure

➔ R: NATURE as REFUGE - source of spirituality, Truth, wisdom, inspiration

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““Do not go where the path

may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a

trail.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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American Romantics

◍ Poetso Henry Wadsworth Longfellowo Walt Whitmano Emily Dickinson

◍ Prose Writerso Ralph Waldo Emersono Henry David Thoreauo Herman Melville

◍ Artistso Thomas Coleo Asher B. Durando Alfred Bierstadt

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TRANSCENDENTALISM

Valued intuition, insight, inspiration, experience,

personal discovery, social reform, and universal truth

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THOMAS COLE, “The Falls of Kaaterskill” (1826)

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THOMAS COLE, “The Oxbow (View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, after a Thunderstorm)” (1836)

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ASHER DURAND, “Kindred Spirits” (1848)

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ALFRED BIERSTADT, “Emigrants Crossing the Plains” (1867)

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ALFRED BIERSTADT, “Looking up the Yosemite Valley” (1865-67)

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CHAIN REACTION

Renaissance

Enlightenment

Romanticism

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Time Frame?

MVPs? Reaction to?

Likes Dislikes Transcen-dentalism?

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