Romanticism and William Cullen Bryant
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
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