Romanticism Romanticism was a literary movement in response to the Age of Reason (as well as to Enlightenment). ... The literature from this time was quite different from Romanticism, as it focused more on the use of modern science, rather than superstition, to explain the issues surrounding nature and humankind. ...
Romanticism Romanticism was a literary movement in response to the Age of Reason (as well as to Enlightenment). ... The literature from this time was quite different from Romanticism, as it focused more on the use of modern science, rather than superstition, to explain the issues surrounding nature and humankind. ...
Every movement, civil or otherwise, needs a symbol. In order to motivate the members of a group searching for change, there must be a fulcrum on which they can hinge and validate their beliefs. For the abolitionist movement, John Brown was that symbol. Despite debates over his methods, Brown's actio...
Before the Civil War, America was plagued with a complicated social quandary that incorporated individual, societal, political, economic, and religious principles. This taboo of a topic found itself well-versed throughout the country in many publications. Its authorship included Frederick Douglass...
