文档介绍：Washington Irving
The sketch Book
American Romanticism
It stretches from the end of the 18th
century to the outbreak of the civil War
started with the publication of Washington
Irvings The sketch Book
ended with Whitman's Leaves of grass
Backgrounds of American
Romanticism
A. Romantic movement in england and europe
proved to be a decisive influence
B. Many English and European masters of
poetry and prose made stimulating impact on
American Romanticism
1).Walter Scott: Waverly novels, The Lady of the Lake
2). Byron: Oriental romances
3).Gothic tradition, the cult of solitude and of gloom
Romanticism
associated with imagination and
boundlessness. as contrasted with
classicism, which is commonly associated
with reason and restriction
The most profound and comprehensive
idea of romanticism is the vision of a
greater personal freedom for the individual?
Romanticism
A. a movement in literature, philosophy music
and art which developed in europe in the late
18th and early 19th centuries
B. It emphasized individual values and
aspirations above those of society as a reaction
to the Industrial revolution
C. It looked to the middle ages and to direct i
contact with nature for inspiration
D. It gave impetus to the national liberation
movement in 1 9th-century Europe
American Romanticism
ime: the publication of Washington Irvings
The Sketch book (1819) and ended with
Whitman's Leaves of grass(1855)
2. It was a rebellion against the objectivity of
rationalism. For romantics the feelings
intuitions and emotions were more important
than reason and common sense
3. The writers emphasized individualism, placing
the individual against the group They affirmed
the inner life of the self, and cherished strong a
interest in the past, the wild, the remote, the
mysterious and the strange
American Romanticism
4. the writers stressed the element of
“ Amerianness” in their works
5. Being a period of the great flowering