Romanticism was a movement of art and literature with origins in Europe during the eighteenth century and became popular in Latin America at the beginning of the nineteenth century. ... It became a very vital genre in Latin America to define and understand the identity latin america through literature. ... This work is very important for Latin American romanticism for four main reasons: the nature of the sentimental novel, the portrait of Maria and Angel Home, romantic love and representation of American space. ... The calidade of Maria fit the idea of 'angel home' which is fundamen...

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One of the best ways of monitoring these changes is through American literature. ... Romanticism Romanticism was a literary movement in response to the Age of Reason (as well as to Enlightenment). ... France, Germany, and Italy were big influences, but this became a literature of our own. ... Most of the literature from the romantic period is fiction. ... 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. ...

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One of the best ways of monitoring these changes is through American literature. ... Romanticism Romanticism was a literary movement in response to the Age of Reason (as well as to Enlightenment). ... France, Germany, and Italy were big influences, but this became a literature of our own. ... Most of the literature from the romantic period is fiction. ... 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. ...

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Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. ... Influenced by such schools of thought as English romanticism, Neoplatonism, and Hindu philosophy. ... Whitman's defiant break with traditional poetic concerns and style exerted a major influence on American t...

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Romanticism, is a movement in the literature of virtually every country of Europe, United States and Latin America . ... The literature will emphasized a new flexibility of form adapted to varying content, encourage development of complex and fast-moving plots and allowed mixed genres and a freer style. ... The romantic writers replaced the static universal types of classical 18th century literature with more complex, idiosyncratic characters and a great deal of drama, fiction and poetry. ... An example is the American Civil War, where the abolitionist fight for the rights of the slaves of...

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The tale has been regarded as the first American short story. ... American Romanticism characterized by two features, imagination and nature, Irving integrates both characteristics into his story. As said, this was the first written American short story, and its creativity and imagination is incomparable to the prior writings of American literature which were basically historical and religious writings. ... (P.382) Ironically, the American Independence, one of the most important historical events of America did not affect Rip that much. Irving may be sending a message that the lives of ea...

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