CH 2: ROMANTICISM & TRANSCENDENTALISM

Question 1

Romantic Period

Answer 1

1800-1860

Question 2

American Renaissance

Answer 2

1840-1860

Question 3

Dark Romantics

Answer 3

exploring the inner workings of the mind / a shadowy approach to the fantastical/optimistic approach / those who are truly good are rewarded / sins are properly punished / lots of creepy symbols / horrific themes - struggles of human nature [human nature was less than good] / examining horrors of lurking in everyone

Question 4

Transcendentalists

Answer 4

believe that society and its institutions—particularly organized religion and political parties—corrupt the purity of the individual

Question 5

Transcendentalisms’ Impact

Answer 5

Ralph Waldo Emerson was at the center of this movement / radical thinkers among Puritanical values/ believed that every person had a relationship between themselves and the universe / a modern, fluid, and personal sense of spirituality / critical of conformity: nonconformists, rejected practices in organized religion / organized religion had authority over one’s personal choices and they didn’t like that / valued simplicity, self-reliance, openness, beauty of the world, imagination