ROMANTICISM As a result of the American revolution the literature during the ninghteen century changed to fiction. The Romanticism was a period in which authors left classicism, age of reason, in the old world and started to offered imagination, emotions and a new literature that toward nature, humanity and society to espouse freedom and individualism. The main characteristics or Romanticism movements are: an emphasis on imagination as a key to revealing the innermost depths of the human spirit, the celebration of the beauty and mystery of nature, and a fascination with the supernatural and gothic. Washington Irving was a very important author during this period and also consider to be part of the group of great imaginative writers.
His most famous work is ” The devil and Tom Walker” and is based on the characteristic of emphasis on imagination as a key of the human spirit. In this story Tom Walker is a greedy and miser person who makes a pact with the devil to get out of misery, so with his ambition he becomes an usurer and the devil gives him the treasure of a pirate, but Tom didn’t take care of it and at the end the devil sends him to hell because he sold his soul for money.” The devil picked Tom and away he galloped” (Irving) At the same time William Cullen Bryant was also an important writer during this time who had a big interest in nature and this helped to establish a new romantic movement in America. One of his most famous works was ” Thenaptosis.” This is a beautiful poem because with the characteristic of celebration of beauty and mystery of nature it shows how beautiful nature is and if someday someone feel sad and that person goes to nature that t will help it to feel better. In fact there’s also a moment in life when we are all going to die and we will become part of earth. On the other hand some people are afraid to death, but it tries to explain to those who have those thoughts that when you die, you reborn, and all the beauties of nature of nature like rivers, flowers, mountains will be the decorations of our tomb. ” Old oceans gray and melancholy waste are but great tomb of man…
The Essay on Romanticism Imagination Nature
Romanticism: a Period of Imagination, Nature, and Symbolism The Romantic Period began in the mid-eighteenth century and extended into the nineteenth century. Romanticism was about creative thinking, "thinking outside the box", completely contradicting Neoclassicism, which was about straight forward thinking, "thinking inside the box." It was a philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ...
.” (Bryant, 130) Similarly to the other two authors just mentioned, Edgar Allan Poe was known as “The most American genius” and also as a mere “jingle man.” He believed that beauty was the essence of the poem and his work was always been characterized for having hunting, musical quality and a melancholy tone. A very important work he did was ” The House of the fall of Usher” which characterizes the fascination with the supernatural and the gothic. Equally important there were three symbols that played a very important role in this play; the candle, the fissure and the vegetation. The candle symbolizes their life because when one of the light of the candles turn off was because one of the was going to die; the fissure symbolizes the weakness of the Ushers family; and at the same time the vegetation shows that and the evil that they had. ” There was an iciness, a sinking a sickening of the heart and unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime…
.” (Allan Poe, 194) In any event of our history of literature, Romanticism is a period in which Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe and a whole group of writers turn the Classicism to a literature in which people espoused freedom and individualism, made those who read their stories dream, imagine and become enthusiastic with the supernatural, gothic, beauty of mystery and nature and a hole role of characteristics of this genre that ” even today American writers display Romantic qualities as they probe the national character and celebrate nature”.
The Term Paper on Edgar Allan Poe 5
Although not originally well received, Edgar Allan Poe, became one of the most influential literary writers in American history. As a child, he wrote numerous poems, many which were later published. As a young adult he focused much of his attention on short fiction. He was credited with creating the detective story and known for his psychological and often violent thrillers. He is also known for ...
