Title: 
Headings: Unit #2: Romanticism, Transcendentalism, & Gothic Literature
Literature

America
 
Grows
 
as
 
a
 
Nation

Origins
 
of
 
Romanticism

What
  
is
 
Romanticism?

Romanticism
 
vs.
 
Puritanism
 
&
 
Age
 
of
 
Reason

Romanticism

Intuition

Idealism

Inspiration
 
(Religion)

Individuality

Romantic
 
Escapism

Natural
 
Settings

Settings
 
in
 
the
 
past

Settings
 
in
 
Legends
 
or
 
Folklore

Romantic
 
Literature:
 
Poetry

James
 
Fenimore
Cooper

The
 
new
 
American
 
Romantic
 
Hero
 
vs.
 
The
 
“Hero”
 
of
 
Age
 
of
 
Reason

Characteristics
 
of
 
the
 
American
 
Romantic
 
Hero

The
 
First
 
American
 
Hero
 
in
 
Literature

Natty
 
Bumppo

Romantic
 
Writers

New
 
England
 
Romantics
 
(known
 
as
 
“The
 
Fireside
 
Poets”)


Content: Individuality

 
Romantics
 
strongly
 
believed
 
in
 
personal
 
freedom,
 
democratic
 
ideals,
 
and
 
the
 
importance
 
of
 
the
 
rights
 
of
 
each
 
individual. Romantic
 
literature
 
celebrated
 
and
 
explored
 
the
 
inward
 
experiences
 
of
 
the
 
individual. Romantic
 
Escapism

 
The
 
Romantics
 
sought
 
an
 
escape
 
from
 
every
 
day
 
problems
 
that
 
they
 
faced
 
in
 
the
 
modern
 
world. They
 
wanted
 
to
 
rise
 
above
 
“dull
 
realities”
 
to
 
a
 
realm
 
of
 
higher
 
truth. Therefore,
 
the
 
setting
 
was
 
a
 
very
 
important
 
element
 
of
 
their
 
literature. Natural
 
Settings
Romantics
 
emphasized
 
the
 
beauty,
 
strangeness,
 
and
 
mystery
 
of
 
nature. Romantics
 
saw
 
nature
 
not
 
as
 
a
 
machine
 
but
 
as
 
an
 
organic
 
process. Nature
 
is
 
in
 
constant
 
development
 
and
 
is
 
always
 
changing. Natural
 
Settings

 
Romantics
 
also
 
believed
 
in
 
the
 
natural
 
goodness
 
of
 
humans. To
 
the
 
Romantics,
 
nature
 
equals
 
innocence
 
and
 
goodness.