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Enlightenment--
Smallpox outbreak made the cities unsafe; people went from living in tenant
buildings shared by 400 families to trying to expand west.
Imagination
Individuality
Nature as a source of spirituality
Looking to the past for wisdom
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intuition and their feeling, and they're going to embrace this newly found freedom
and become individuals.
The individual is more important than society. This is different from the
Enlightenment view, where the individual serves society
Arpin, Gary, American Romanticism. Elements of Literature. Ed. Kathleen Daniel. Atlanta: Halt,
Rinehart, and Winston, 1997. 138.
Carroll, Heather. "The Romantic Period in American Literature and Art." English 102: American
Literature. Study.com, 22 Feb. 2013. Web. 17 Nov. 2016.
Celebrations of the Self: Romanticism and Transcendentalism. Language of Literature.Ed.
Applebee, Arthur N. Boston; McDougal Litell, 2002. 340.
The Dark Side of Individualism. Language of Literature. Ed. Applebee, Arthur N. Boston;
McDougal Litell, 2002. 447.
Yarborough, Wynn. On William Cullen Bryant. Ann Matthews Woodlief. Virginia Commonwealth
University. 1994. Web. 5 Mar. 2013.
Lesson Summary
In summary, you can identify American Romantic literature by the five characteristics that
make it unique.
1. Imagination and Escapism: Characters taking a journey from the dirty city into
the supernatural countryside.
2. Individuality: Individuals embracing freedom by following intuition and going
exploring.
3. Finding spirituality in nature: Reflections on nature and how it can bring people
closer to God.
4. Looking to the past for wisdom: Settings that reflect times past and plots that
show how legends fit in today.
5. Finding a hero in the common man: Characters who are flawed but whose
innocence and strong morals give them goo12d hearts.
And that summarizes American literature during the Romantic period