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The Romantic Period (1800-1870) AMERICAN RENAISSANCE

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AMERICAN RENAISSANCE. The Romantic Period (1800-1870). The American Scene. 1803 Louisiana Purchase—westward expansion Transportation—canals, turnpikes, railroads, steamboats Gold Rush of 1849 Advancement in Technology—factories, steel plow and reaper, telegraph Competition for wealth - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Romantic Period (1800-1870)

AMERICAN RENAISSANCE

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1803 Louisiana Purchase—westward expansionTransportation—canals, turnpikes, railroads,

steamboatsGold Rush of 1849Advancement in Technology—factories, steel

plow and reaper, telegraphCompetition for wealthIncrease in democratic

principlesPROGRESS!

The American Scene

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Romanticism is the name for the literary period that follows the Age of Reason (The Revolutionary Period) in America that emphasizes creativity, imagination, and emotion

What Romanticism IS

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Increasing emphasis on individualNationalism on the riseMood of OptimismIntellectual curiosityReligious spiritDesire to escape the routineIncrease in population and

immigration

Characteristics of Romanticism

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Characteristics of RomanticismValue feeling over

reasonPower of the

imaginationShun artificiality of

civilization

Seeks unspoiled NATURE!!!

Interest in unusual and mysterious

Contemplates nature’s beauty as path to spiritual and moral development

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Winds of ChangeChild labor and unsafe conditionsWomen’s right’sNative American removal—1838 “Trail of

Tears”War with MexicoSlavery

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NovelsPoetryEssays

and……SHORT STORIES!!!!!!!!!!

Types of Writing

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Washington Irving: American mythology (folklore)—setting in American landscape

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau: sublimity of nature and personal connectionWalt Whitman: merged his all

encompassing self with the nationEmily Dickinson: explored universal

qualities of landscape

American Masters

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Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville: Dark side of the wilderness

Known as anti-transcendentalistsExplored conflicts between good and evil,

psychological effects of guilt and sin, and madness!

American Gothic

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Quest for beautyNATURE!

Source of knowledgeRefugeRevelation of GOD to the individual

Subject Matter

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Remoteness of setting—time and place

Improbable plotsUnlikely or inadequate

characterizationHarmful morality—world of lies!

Techniques

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