ROMANTICISM What is Romanticism? In literature‚ it was a movement that took place in most countries of the Western World in the late 18th and 19th centuries. It was thought of as a counter-Enlightenment movement. The Romantic period was a very important period of the history of the England. Romantics generally believed in the uniqueness of individual expression as it is attributed by life experience‚ an important dimension of which is frequently national character. The Nature of Romanticism
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Romanticism Romanticism. An artistic and ideological movement in literature‚ art‚ and music and a world view which arose toward the end of the 18th century in Germany‚ England‚ and France. In the beginning of the 19th century it spread to Russia‚ Poland‚ and Austria‚ and in the mid-19th century it encompassed other countries of Europe as well as North and South America. Romanticism‚ which appeared after the French Revolution in an environment of growing absolutism at the turn of the 19th century
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Romanticism: Be Naturally Unique Ralph Waldo Emerson once said‚ “to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” The people from the Romanticism period in Europe during the nineteenth century would strongly agree with Emerson’s words. Romantics thought it was important to be different and unique. Romantics are: Sensitive‚ emotional‚ prefer color to form‚ the exotic to the familiar‚ [are] eager for…adventure…of fantasy‚ [are] insistent
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to the rejection of reason and logic. By design‚ fictitious scenes that please‚ but are far from the truth‚ are the foundation of Romanticism. It prefers to see the world as dynamic and imaginative. Irving‚ Cooper‚ and Bryant exemplified Romanticism in “Rip Van Winkle‚” “The Slaughter of The Pigeons‚” and “Thanatopsis‚”respectively. The first example of Romanticism is Washington Irving’s inventive writing “Rip Van Winkle‚" which promotes imagination over reason and logic by creating a character
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American Transcendentalism Emerson’s definition of Transcendentalism according to Meg Brulatour is that of an individual pursuit guided by intuition and self-reliance. Emerson believed that Transcendentalists found truth in nature’s ideas and that truth could be seen by a person who was paying attention and was in synch with nature. Direct involvement with nature allows man to use his intuition to experience the natural marvels before him. The idea of the “Oversoul” which Emerson and other Transcendentalists
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romantic-realist spectrum in human disposition” (Davis 274). These romantic ideals make up the essence of the play’s satirical instances and develop the theme of realism. Shaw satirizes romanticism within Arms and the Man by contrasting romantic idealism and realism. Throughout the play an underlying conflict is seen between romanticism and realism within the characters. The two men that come into Raina’s life are representations of this conflict. Sergius depicts the passionate‚ impulsive‚ romantic war hero
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Although Transcendentalism as a historical movement was limited in time from the mid 1830s to the late 1840s and in space to eastern Massachusetts‚ its ripples continue to spread through American culture. Beginning as a quarrel within the Unitarian church‚ Transcendentalism’s questioning of established cultural forms‚ its urge to reintegrate spirit and matter‚ its desire to turn ideas into concrete action developed a momentum of its own‚ spreading from the spheres of religion and education to literature
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rangers” should be the theme song of The Avengers…. for the $220 million budget was a complete waste when the result are cheap Halloween like costumes‚ The Dark Knight on the other hand used it $250 million budget wisely. It’s hard to compare these two movies‚ for it’s a shame to compare such a great movie to such a waste of time (The Avengers). The Dark Knight follows Harvey Dent; Gotham’s new district attorney as he tries to take on the mob who is led by the Joker‚ Gotham has a hero whom the Joker is
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opposing desires for reform and separation found in the North and the South. Historically‚ this period of tensions resulted in the Civil War. Within the literature‚ however‚ the opposing views of life were able to co-exist relatively peacefully. Romanticism is typically defined as a "literary and philosophical theory that tends to see the individual at the center of all life‚ and it places the individual‚ therefore‚ at the center of art‚ making literature valuable as an expression of unique feelings
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Transcendentalism: The Rebellion Transcendentalism‚ as defined by Dictionary.com‚ is "any philosophy based upon the doctrine that the principles of reality are to be discovered by the study of the processes of thought‚ or a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical " (Transcendentalism). This new philosophy created a rebellion and turn away from the traditional religions in the United States. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are two primary authors and
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