The romantic movement in American literature
The Romantic movement in
American literature
Romanticism in literature
· Romantic
· Romanticism is an artistic, literary, and
intellectual movement
· Influenced by :
- Enlightenment
- elevated medievalism
· In America 1820
Characteristic features
· Intuition, instincts, imagination, feelings
· Folk art, nature, heroism
· Protest against reality
· Emphasis on women and children
· Dreams
· Symbolism and myths
Events & Dates
· The American Revolution (1776 -1783)
· The French Revolution (1789 1799)
· The Industrial Revolution
· Civil war (1861 1865)
· Colonies, communes
· Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 1882)
· Henry David Thoreau (1817 1862)
Famous writers
· Small literary world, writers knew each other
· Washington Irving (1783 -1859)
· James Fenimore Cooper (1789 -1851)
· Nathaniel Hawthorne (1819 1891)
· Herman Melville (1819 -1891)
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