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American Romanticism. Founded on Deism - belief in the existence of a god on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation Logic Inalienable rights. It also brought Industrialization, growth of cities, and factories - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Founded on Deism - belief in the

existence of a god on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation

Logic Inalienable rights

It also brought Industrialization,

growth of cities, and factories

American expansion (Lewis and Clark and Manifest Destiny)

More encounters with Native Americans

Albert Bierstadt

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Realism

Patrician Classicism

Dominion over the Native American

Logic, always facts to counter fear and doubt

Idealism/Utopia

Glorification of the common man

Recognition of the nobility of the primitive – the “noble savage”

Imagination to engender faith and hope

Age of Reason Romanticism

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Contemplating nature’s beauty is the path to spiritual and moral development.

Values feeling and intuition over reason

Looks backward to the wisdom of the past, shuns progress

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The Rationalists saw the city as a place of industry, success, self realization, and civilization.

The Romantics saw the city as a place of poor work conditions, moral ambiguity, corruption, and death.

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Romanticism was often seen as a Romanticism was often seen as a journey.journey.

The journey from the city to the country

The journey from rational thought to the imagination

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John Greenleaf Whittier, William Cullen Bryant, James Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes

•Their poems were often read aloud at the fireside as family entertainment.

•Themes: love, patriotism, nature, family, and religion

The Most Popular American Poets of Their Time

•It is poetry that seeks a higher truth from the natural world.

The Fireside poets were the first group of American poets to rival British poets in popularity in either country.

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American Novel - The Romantic Hero Youthful Pure of Purpose Sense of Honor – not based on society’s rules

but a higher principle Intuitive Understanding (not formal learning) Loves nature and avoids town life Quests for higher truth in the natural world Modern day examples: Superman, Luke

Skywalker, Indiana Jones

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***American Novelists looked to westward expansion and the frontier for inspiration creating a break with European tradition.

***Folktales by regional writers offered glimpses of the supernatural

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Satire: copy what is underlined

Washington Irving was a master of satire, a literary device in which people, customs, or institutions are ridiculed with the purpose of improving society.

Washington Irving1783-1859

Satire is often subtle, so as you read, watch for its indicators: humor, exaggeration, absurd situations, and irony.