History of Literature in

American Romanticism
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Romanticism

•An International ar
tistic and philosophi
cal movement that
developed in the
late 18th and 19th
century.
•It emphasis on emot
ion and individualis
m, also glorifying
nature
 Historical Context

Romanticism appeared becau

se French Revolution and Ind
ustrial Revolution in 18th and
19th across Europe. Gold discovered in California,Gold
Rush began in 1848 made
America filled with optimism people explore nature of America.
after Revolutionary War in lat
e 18th .
Transcendentalism and Abolition
America became many bigger than Slavery movement emerge from
before after purchase Louisiana romanticism.
from French in 1803 and the
increase of state that joined, from
17 to 45 in early 19th century.
 Characte
Romanticism was a literary move
ristics ment in virtually every country of Europe
of American Romanticism
, the United States, and Latin America
that lasted from about 1750 to about
1870
 Characte
• Imagination and escapism
ristics • Individuality
of American Romanticism
• Nature as a source of spirituality
• Looking to the past for wisdom
• Seeing the common man as a hero
• Rejection of Traditional Authority
 Characte
The main characteristics
ristics of American transcendentalism are
of American the belief in the good found in both man
Transcendentalism
and nature, but that they can be come
corrupted by society. This was both a
religious movement and a philosophical
one.
Characteristics of American Transcendentalism

Non conformity is good and

allows us to fine what is
important for each of us.
A return to the appreciation of
Self reliance : Intuition will help nature.
us go beyond physical
understanding of ourselves and
our world. Man, nature, and God (or
goodness) are connected by
an Oversoul.
A sense of optimism that there
is always hope for the future.
Characteristics of Literature in American Transcendentalism

The “Over soul” Self - reliance

Knowledge through intuition Individualism

Society, because of its focus

Nature is a source of on material success, is often
inspiration and goodness a source of corruption
 Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Poe was born on 19 January 1809 in Boston,
Massachusetts, the son of actors Elizabeth Arnold
Hopkins (1787-1811) and David Poe (1784-1810).
He had a brother named William Henry (1807-1831
) and sister Rosalie (1811-1874). After the death of
his parents Edgar was taken in by Frances (d.1829)
and John Allan (d.1834), a wealthy merchant in
Richmond, Virginia.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), American poet, critic

, short story writer, and author of such macabre
works as “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1840).

He has been the subject of numerous biographers

and has significantly influenced many other authors
even into the 21st Century.
 Opus of Edgar Allan
Poe
"The Black Cat" is a short story by American
writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the
August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening
Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often
paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".
In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime
and believes himself unassailable, but eventually
breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a
nagging reminder of his guilt.
 James Fenimore Cooper

 Born : September 15, 1789  Genre : Historical fiction.

Burlington, New Jersey.
 Died : September 14, 1851
(aged 61) Cooperstown, New
York.
 Literary Movement : Romantici
sm.
 Occupation : Novelist,
Historian, and US Navy sailor.
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper was an American
writer of the first half of the 19th century. His
historical romances draw a picture of frontier
and American Indian life in the early American
days which created a unique form of American
literature. He lived most of his life in
Cooperstown, New York, which was founded
by his father William on property that he owned
. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcop
al Church and contributed generously to it. He
attended Yale University for three years, where
he was a member of the Linonian Society.
 The Spy
by James Fenimore Co
oper
A Tale of the Neutral Ground was James Fenimore
Cooper's second novel, published in 1821 by Wiley
& Halsted. This was the earliest American novel to
win wide and permanent fame and may be said to
have begun the type of romance which dominated
U.S. fiction for 30 years.
 Washington Irving

Born : April 3, 1783 New York Occupation : Short story writer,

City. essayist, biographer, magazine
editor, diplomat.

Died : November 28, 1859 (aged

Literary Movement :
76) Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New
Romanticism.
York.
Washington Irving
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November
28, 1859) was an American short story writer,
essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of
the early 19th century. He is best known for his
short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of
which appear in his collection The Sketch Book
of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works
include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith,
Islamic prophet Muhammad, and George
Washington, as well as several histories of
15th century Spain that deal with subjects such
as Alhambra, Christopher Columbus, and the
Moors.
Short Story works from
Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a gothic story by
American author Washington Irving, contained in
his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.. Writte
n while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham,
England, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first
published in 1820. Along with Irving's companion
piece "Rip Van Winkle",
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April

27, 1882)[5] was an American essayist, lecture
r, philosopher, and poet who led the transcend
entalist movement of the mid-19th century. He
was seen as a champion of individualism and a
prescient critic of the countervailing pressures
of society, and he disseminated his thoughts
through dozens of published essays and more
than 1,500 public lectures across the United
States.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation

; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an America
n essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist,
naturalist, tax resister, development critic,
surveyor, yogi,[3] and historian. A leading
transcendentalist,[4] Thoreau is best known for
his book Walden, a reflection upon simple
living in natural surroundings, and his essay
"Civil Disobedience" (originally published as
"Resistance to Civil Government"), an
argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
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