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2nd Part
The Romantic Period (40)
the end of the 18th century—the outbreak of the civil war
Historical Background
A rising America fast burgeoning into a political, economic cultural independence; a nation bursting into new life(40)
Politics
Ideals: democracy political equality
Rdical changes in political life
Parties began to squabble scramble for power, a new system was in the making
Economy
Economic boom, optimism:
the spread of industrialization
the sudden influx of immigration
the pioneers pushing the frontier further west
Foreign influences
The Romantic movement in England Europe: Scott, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Byron, Burns…(40, 41)
Distinct Features
a real new experience
the spirit of the place(41)
Distinct Features
The American national experience of pioneering into the west— a rich fund of material, an incomparably superior source of inspiration
Distinct Features
Cultural heritage: American Puritanism
moralize, edify more than entertain, particularly careful in approaching sex love (42)
Distinct Features
The newness of the Americans as a nation(42)
Their ideals of individualism political equality, and their dream that America was to be a new Garden of Eden(43)
American Romanticism: imitative independent
Themes: home, family, children, nature, idealized love; westward expansion, democracy, equality
Technique: traditional meters stanza forms
Language: British English
Metaphors: sometimes stereotyped
Symbolism: explicit superficial (43)
Washington Irving华盛顿?欧文 (1783-1859)
The first American writer of imaginative literature to gain international fame
Father of American literature (45)
Washington Irving:The Sketch Book
(Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
Romantic: the Gothic, the supernatural, the longing for the good old days
Marked the beginning of American Romanticism (45)
Washington Irving:The Sketch Book
(Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
Romantic: the Gothic, the supernatural, the longing for the good old days
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