Introduction to American Romanticism. Romanticism: The Movement Time Frame: late 18th century -...
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Introduction to American Romanticism
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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?
LET’S REVIEW