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The Romantics

The Romantics. Emotion is everything. What is Romanticism?. Emotions are everything (Not just love, but ALL emotions) Emotions are extreme (Never a little of anything) Truth is found by trusting your gut feeling rather than logic The environment will reflect the emotional nature

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The Romantics

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  1. The Romantics Emotion is everything

  2. What is Romanticism? • Emotions are everything (Not just love, but ALL emotions) • Emotions are extreme (Never a little of anything) • Truth is found by trusting your gut feeling rather than logic • The environment will reflect the emotional nature • Fiction rather than non-fiction

  3. What inspires Romanticism? • German “Sturm und Drang” movement • Translation: Storm and Stress • Free to express any emotion • Reaction to Enlightenment and results of the French Revolution • French Revolution turns incredibly bloody-supposed to be new era • Maybe logic doesn’t get every answer • Industrial Revolution • Cities are starting turning dirty and crowded • Older buildings are starting to decay • First novels take off • Britain starts this trend

  4. Famous Authors Major Romantic Authors • Washington Irving (First Major American Author) • Nathaniel Hawthorne • James Fennimore Cooper (First American Novelist) • Herman Melville • Charlotte Perkins Gilman • Kate Chopin Transition authors to Realism • Walt Whitman • Emily Dickinson

  5. Fireside Poets • First poets to rival the British poets • Kept poetic form • Changed topics to the every day • Poets: • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, • William Cullen Bryant, • John Greenleaf Whittier, • James Russell Lowell, • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,

  6. Charlotte Perkins Gilman • 1860-1935 • Aunt Harriet Beecher Stowe • Mom overprotective • Wouldn’t let them read • Only showed affection while she was asleep • Marries despite doubts • Post-Partum Depression after birth of child • No one listened to her problem • Ends marriage

  7. Kate Chopin • 1850-1904 • Publishes in magazines • Atlantic Weekly • Vogue • Most famous novel (The Awakening) condemned as too much • Forgotten after death until 1950s • Common themes • Women • Trapped by marriage or sexual roles

  8. Herman Melville Family Grandfather participated in Boston Tea Party Father dies while leaving the family with no money Careers Worked on Whaling ships: topic of many stories Loses fame as a writer and forgotten until 1920 Most famous stories: MobyDick: Novel about a man on a search for a whale “Bartleby the Scrivener”: Short story about a man who gives up on his life on Wall Street “Benito Cereno”: Short story about a slave ship

  9. Washington Irving 1783-1859 Growing up Scottish immigrants Born the same week the Revolution ended Terrible student- liked theater more Also historian (Christopher Columbus) and biographer (George Washington) Most famous works: “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” “Rip Van Winkle”: Guy sleeps through the American Revolution

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