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| Lord Byron |
After dealing with the severity of the Puritans many found themselves yearning for an alternative spiritual path. Fire, Brimstone and Hell didn't hold the same charm for this new American society as it did for the Puritans. So, from fire the Romantics were born {not literally, but figuratively}.
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| Thoreau--Transcendentalist |
The Romantics were a group of individuals who saw their connection to God through nature and felt they did not need a middle man {aka Johnathan Edwards type} to bring them to salvation and their writing, thinking and art of the time period reflects this.
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| Edgar A. Poe |
The Romantics valued intuition and feelings over reason. Think of it like when you get that feeling in your gut when you're about to make a decision. The Romantics felt that you should respect that feeling and follow it through. Within the Romantics we have subcategories they are: Transcendentalists...they transcend man and the Dark Romantics....ooohhh you're so brooding Mr. Poe.
Starting today {Tuesday} and continuing on our block day {Thursday} we will review via power point what Romanticism is all about and characteristics that you should be of aware as we read. You can find the Romantic Power Point here in case you want to review or I went to quickly through the slides in class.
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