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5 Results for Romanticism

1. Scarlet Letter- Romanticism

Romanticism is categorized as "a preference for simplicity and naturalness, a love of plain feelings and truth to common place reality, especially as found in natural scenes". ... An important concept of romanticism includes a close connection to the earth and natural scenes. ... Overall, Hawthorne alters European Romanticism to American Romanticism by finding the thoughts and evolving the genre in a completely new way to make it reflect the ideals of America while remaining true to the genre's definable aspects....

  • Word Count: 1687
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: High School

2. How the American sense of self and the change thereof is ref

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. ...

  • Word Count: 1778
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: High School

3. American Sense of Self Reflected in Literary Movements

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. ...

  • Word Count: 1835
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: High School

4. The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, is a classic tale of human frailty and sin and the hardships that are caused by a single mistake. The novel, first published in 1850, reveals the strict and severe ways of Puritan life that ruled New England two hundred years prior. At the same time...

  • Word Count: 1296
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: High School

5. Washingtons Irvings Rip Van Winkle

William Hedges tells us that, "by 1820 he had become a partial convert to romanticism, catering to the vogue for tearful sentimentality (though he made fun of it too) and exhibiting romantic interests in landscape, folklore, and the past" (2072). ...

  • Word Count: 1213
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School
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