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What years did the Romantic Period in America take place?

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What years did the Romantic Period in America take place?

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It took place around 1800 and ended around 1860.

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What was important to the Romantics? In what important ways was the beliefs of Romantics different from Deists?

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What was important to the Romantics? In what important ways was the beliefs of Romantics different from Deists?

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American Romantic writers rejected rationalism because they believed that scientific reasoning discouraged spontaneity.
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What did authors from this time period mainly focus on in their writing?

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What did authors from this time period mainly focus on in their writing?

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Writes moved their focus away from political matters and revolutionary governmental ideas elevating imagination over reason and other aspects of life such as; Emotions, details and the human experience of life.
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What is Transcendentalism and how is the same and different from Romanticism?

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What is Transcendentalism and how is the same and different from Romanticism?

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Transcendentalism and Romanticism were two intellectual movements that occured in America. (literary book)

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What was important to Transcendentalists?

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What was important to Transcendentalists?

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Believed that society and it´s institutions- particularly organized religion and political parties (literary book)

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Transcendentalists were just as much about what they were against than what what they were for, so what were some ideas that Transcendentalists against?

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Transcendentalists were just as much about what they were against than what what they were for, so what were some ideas that Transcendentalists against?

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An ideas that Transcendentalist were against was slavery as they firmly believed in individualism and Abolitionism.

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Who are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau? What were their philosophical and literary contributions to Transcendentalism?

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Who are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau? What were their philosophical and literary contributions to Transcendentalism?

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was the guy that led the group of Romantics called Transcendentalist. Transcendentalism refers to the idea that in determining the ultimate reality of god, the universe , the self, and other important matters. ralph believe that it was not a new philosophy but "the very oldest of thoughts cast into the mold of the newest items" (literary book)

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Gothic literature is writing that combines fiction and horror, death, and romance. Gothic literature was introduced in the year 1764 when Horace Walpole published the book named "A Gothic Story". This was the first time the word Gothic was put into a story. Gothic literature can include anything from death, decay, haunted homes/castles, family curses, madness, powerful love/romance, ghosts, or vampires.
Kennedy, Patrick. “A Definition of Gothic Literature.” Thoughtco., Dotdash, www.thoughtco.com/gothic-literature-2207825.

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Why was it also referred to as Dark Romanticism?

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Why was it also referred to as Dark Romanticism?

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Gothic Literature was also referred to as dark romanticism because dark romanticism is about intense fascination with melancholia, insanity, crime and shady ambiance, with ghosts and ghouls, the grotesque, and the irrational. Which is very similar to Gothic Literature, Edgar Allen Poe is a great example to show both of these concepts.
“Dark Romanticism - Study Guide.” Short Stories and Classic Literature, americanliterature.com/dark-romanticism-study-guide.

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What ideas and themes did these authors focus on in their writing?

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What ideas and themes did these authors focus on in their writing?

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Authors when writing dark literature are often focused on death, cobwebbed castles, dark romantic elements, curses, decay, skeletons, ghouls, and ghost. Some themes were forbidden love but often times the characters in love disobey the rules and stick together following their hearts.
Lisa. “Gothic Literature: A Definition and List of Gothic Fiction Elements.” Owlcation, Owlcation, 15 Oct. 2018, owlcation.com/humanities/The-Gothic-Novel-What-is-Gothic-Literature.

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Who are some of the more famous Gothic writers to come out of this literary period?

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Who are some of the more famous Gothic writers to come out of this literary period?

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe were some Famous Gothic writers because they believed their views of the world seemed so profoundly opposed to the optimistic views of Emerson. Felt that Emerson had taken the ecstatic mystical elements of Puritan thought and ignored Puritanism´s dark side. (literary book)