Romanticism
What did Utopian communities hope to create?
A perfect society/community
Name an American Romanticist/ transcendentalist writer.
Valid Answers:
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson.
What did artists in the American Romanticism movement use to drive their work?
Emotion
What does Transcend mean?
To rise above
Why was Emily Dickinson's poem, "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" so popular?
Because of it's great imagery and themes of death and the afterlife.
What is one thing that the American Romanticism Movement marked a shift in.
How writers celebrated American Beauty and Identity
Transcendentalists hoped that Americans would be influenced by their many principles and would have the potential to ....
eliminate the injustice in the government and establish social order
Name one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems?
- “The Raven”
- “The Tell-Tale Heart"
- “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”
Romantic authors prioritized inspiration, emotion, and enthusiasm over what?
traditional literary forms
What does Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience argue about?
to have an open mind or a clear conscience about the government and laws.
What caused Ralph Waldo Emerson to question his beliefs and profession?
His wife's death
Name 3 major ideas of American Romanticism?
- Nature
- Individual expression
- Not believing in many of the laws
- Every individual had something to bring to the world
- EmotionWhat type of movement is Transcendentalism?
Idealistic Philosophical and Social movement
How did Edgar Allen Poe die?
It's a mystery - nobody actually knows