Matthiessen's American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman, written in 1941. ... Generally, romanticism marks a reaction in literature, philosophy, art, religion, and politics from the neoclassicism and formal orthodoxy of the preceding period. ... The political influences on American romanticism include 18th century notions about human perfectability, the ideals of American democracy, and the tensions caused by growing concerns over the rights of women and the problem of slavery. ...

• Word Count: 917
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Arabella is well trained in the art of seduction and sensuality and even on their first meet, she lacks of any spontaneous attitude. Her presentation to him is accompanied by an adroit little suck to the interior of each of her cheeks in succession, by which curious and original maneuver she brought as by magic upon its smooth and rotund surface a perfect dimple'. ... They marry, although the widespread criticism of the town folks, perfecting a disastrous marriage and from the first day of their common life Jude starts to realize the true nature of Arabella. ...

• Word Count: 682
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Besides his writing of poetry, he wrote a number of prose works, including a collection of art and literary reviews and several short stories and novels. ... Like many other writers in his period, Baudelaire, due to his theory of beauty and its role in poetry, would succumb to the conclusion that the "perfect type of masculine beauty was Satan". ...

• Word Count: 1229
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Ode on a Grecian Urn, Keats expresses a love for art and nature, which are two major themes of the Romantic period. ... He tells a story about how perfect it must be to anticipate things permanently. ...

• Word Count: 918
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School