American Literature from Puritanism to Romanticism Comparison of Puritanism‚ the Age of Reason‚ and Romanticism. Puritanism hard times God-centered (look for answers from God)→ unknown is defined as God Salem witch trials Puritanism→mysticism→orderly way of life extremism Age of Reason→easier times→human-centered→logical analysis of the environment (look for answers in human intellect and reasoning ability—result is an emotional emptiness; nothing to explain why there is evil or happiness)→
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Puritanism in American Literature The Puritans had a large influence in American literature and still influence moral judgment and religious beliefs in the United States to this day. Puritan writing was used to glorify God and to relate God more directly to our world. Puritan literature was commonly a realistic approach to life. “Puritanism as a historical phenomenon and as a living presence in American life has enriched American literature in ways far too numerous to detail here.” (G
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Puritanism and American Literature: “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken‚ and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us‚ we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world. We shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God‚ and all professors for God’s sake. We shall shame the faces of many of God’s worthy servants‚ and cause
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which is popularly known as American Puritanism. A dominant factor in American life‚ Puritanism was one of the most enduring and shaping influences in American thought and American literature. Without true understanding of Puritanism‚ there would be no real understanding of American literature and American culture.¡°Puritanism had spoken for the preeminence of the individual‚ for freedom from oppressive governments‚ and for the value of learning and education. It led Americans to examine their beliefs
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the story takes place. Throughout the ending chapters one can really see the difference between the Puritan traditions and the incoming Romanticism showing through. Hawthorne‚ being raised a Puritan‚ can portray the strict and dark ways of the Puritans through different characters and actions. One might say that Hester Prynne and Pearl represent the Romanticism at the time because they are so bright and more liberal. Hawthorne shows their light heartedness by saying‚ “Pearl set forth‚ at a great
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Oppaper Romanticism in American Literature‚ Getting to Know Thoreau & Poe Within this paper will be an explanation of the ideals of Romantic writers in Early American Literature. We will also look at some aspects of Romanticism that were uniquely understood by the writers and artists in the United States. There will be a brief discussion of “bright” and “dark” Romantic writing and it is there that we will look at the lives‚ and one poem each‚ of Henry David Thoreau‚ a “bright” romantic writer
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Journal of the History of the Neurosciences 2000‚ Vol. 9‚ No. 3‚ pp. 286–293 0964-704X/00/0903-286$15.00 © Swets & Zeitlinger Epilepsy and Catalepsy in Anglo-American Literature between Romanticism and Realism: Tennyson‚ Poe‚ Eliot and Collins Peter Wolf Epilepsiezentrum Bethel‚ Germany ABSTRACT Epilepsy and catalepsy were not clearly separated in the minds of people in the early 19th century‚ and catalepsy may have been used as a diagnostic euphemism for epilepsy. Tennyson‚ in ‘‘The
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decided to choose was American Romanticism‚ and “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. American Romanticism is a literary period in American Literature that lasted from 1800s to 1850s. The movement itself started off as an offshoot of the European Romanticism artistic movement‚ “It arose as a reaction to the formal orthodoxy and Neoclassicism of the preceding period. It is marked by a freedom from the authority‚ forms‚ and conventions typical in Neoclassical literature. It replaced the neoclassic
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considered the first period of American creativity‚ the Romantic period is placed within the historical context of westward expansion‚ the increasingly heated nature of the slavery question‚ and strained relations between the 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
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Romanticism"‚ as a term‚ derives from "romance‚" which from the Medieval Period (1200-1500) and on simply meant a story (e.g. all the chivalric‚ King Arthur legends) that was adventuristic and improbable. Romantic Period refers to literary and cultural movements in England‚ Europe‚ and America roughly from 1770 to 1860. Romantic writers (and artists) saw themselves as revolting against the "Age of Reason" (1700-1770) and its values. They celebrated imagination/intuition versus reason/calculation
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