Title: What is the significance of imagination to the Romantics? Why is imagination important to the Romantics? - eNotes.com
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What is the significance of imagination to the Romantics? Why is imagination important to the Romantics?
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Content: this clearly limits our ability to know things that are perceived, but not known through the senses (God, the spiritual life, etc). The Romantics found the sensory/rationalistic/scientific approach to knowledge insufficient for explaining human experiences. Their position is similar to Kant's who notes that we are not just a "tabula rases," that we must act on the sensory information we receive to order it, to make "sense" of it. In Emerson's language, it is the difference between the things that we "learn" (tuition) and the truths that we perceive (intuition). Thus, the Romantics shared their personal perceptions of truth, their intuitions, as valid and interesting to all of us ... as valid as "the facts." Approved by eNotes Editorial Team
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Imagination was extremely important during this time period! Along with imagination came a true connection between an appreciation for aesthetic beauty and nature. Emphasis was placed on feelings and emotions instead of logic and reason. It is my belief that the Romantic Period was superior because of the beliefs that were popular during this time. Without feelings and emotions and imagination, writing would be empty!