Romanticism Flashcards
During what years was romanticism used in literature?
1820s - 1861
Individualism
frontier tradition
Jacksonian democracy
supported abolition
Imagination
against reason (unlike earlier era)
experimentation
organicism
What is organicism
every idea held within it an inherent sturucture
Emotion
feeling is now superior
intuition leads to truth
truth is now highly subjective
Nature
means of knowing truth
god reveals truth through nature
actual subject matter of Romantics
Distant settings
distant time and place
comment on attitudes of time period
Where were the Fireside Poets popular
America and Britain
Longfellow, Oliver Holmes, and Whittier were part of
The Fireside Poets
The Fireside Poets put what in there poems to make it easier
causes put in poems, like slavery, was more palatable
What events occurred during Romanticism
War of 1812 (with Britain)
West expansionism
Mexican War
Gold Rush in California
Civil War
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Who rivaled British poets?
The Fireside Poets
What were Romanticism’s main ideas?
Individualism
Nature
Spontaneity in thought and action
Imagination
Emotion
Idealism
What about individualism is focused on?
There is an emphasis on the destructive effect of society on an individual.
(first part) Main thoughts in Romaticism
What is meant being American
American government & political problems
War and black slavery
Emerging materialism & conformity
Diversity- immigration, new customs & traditions
Sexuality, relationship with men & women
