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Slide 1 Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson Slide 2 Transitional Figures Both writing at a time of transition in American literature. Romantic writers, Transcendentalists dominate…

Slide 1 Collection 4: American Romanticism Collection 5: Gothic Fiction Unit 2 Literary Focus Essays Slide 2 Collection 4: American Romanticism Affirmation of feeling and…

Slide 1 American Romanticism Slide 2 Romanticism Idea that God is actively involved in Creation - Universe is evolving Rejection of Industrialism and large cities - celebration…

Slide 1 America’s First Literary [Rock]Stars Slide 2  First group of American poets to rival British poets in popularity in either country.  Notable for their scholarship…

Slide 1 REACTIONS AND REVOLUTION The Rising Tide of Nationalism – Romanticism, Conservatism and Revolution Slide 2 Review How did Enlightenment ideas transform societies?…

Slide 1 Chapter 23 Section 5 Literature, Music, and Art in the Industrial Age Slide 2 Romanticism Many writers of the 1800’s, reacting against the age of reason and science…

Slide 1 Melville and his Moby Dick Slide 2 First things first… You need to have a general understanding of the movements Moby Dick was born out of This includes a background…

PowerPoint Presentation Romanticism and Realism Prepare the poems and passage by critically reading them and taking notes. You will be turning in your critical reading notes…

The Romantics 1780 â 1830 I.The Romantic Age brought a more daring, individual, and imaginative approach to literature and life. The writers of this time turned away from…