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Romantics. Leaving Science behind and heading to Nature in search of truth. Romanticism . Is the opposite of the Age of Reason in many ways. Writers began to create fiction pieces for the first time. Not a “true” unique and American Literature though. That would have to wait until 1840.
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Romantics Leaving Science behind and heading to Nature in search of truth.
Romanticism • Is the opposite of the Age of Reason in many ways. • Writers began to create fiction pieces for the first time. • Not a “true” unique and American Literature though. That would have to wait until 1840. • Many of the best stories were Americanized versions of other culture’s tales.
Rip Van Winkle Heads towards Nature Lazy poor Ben Franklin Heads towards city Extremely productive rich Different Approaches
3 Focuses • The period was a collection of many different styles all focused on the power of our imagination. • Mind • think of the Gothic tales of EAP • History • Think of JFC’s Leatherstocking Tales • Nature • Fireside Poets including Longfellow and Bryant
The Romantics believed: • That rational thought or REASON was inferior to truths we could obtain with INTUITION. • What truths cannot be proven with science? • “For the Romantics, the imagination, spontaneity, individual feelings, and nature were of greater value than reason, logic, planning, and cultivation.”
POETRY • Poetry was the highest work of the imagination for the Romantics. • They valued the lessons from poetry as much as Ben Franklin valued his science.
From the text. . . • “The Romantic sensibility sought to rise above dull realities to a realm of higher truth.” • Explore an exotic setting in the more “natural” past or in a world removed from the industrialization of their time • Observe this world until “dull reality” faded away and Nature reveals beauty and truth to us.
