ppt3-- Washington Irving.pptVIP

American Literature Part Three The Literature of Romanticism I Early romanticism (1780-1860) 3.1. Historical Background English Romanticism : Publication of Lyrical Ballads in1798 --- Death of Walter Scott in 1832 Characteristics: Imagination Idealization of Nature Individualism Glorification of the commonplace The lure of the exotic (gothic romanticism) American Romanticism The Romantic period stretches from the end of the 18th century through the outbreak of the Civil War. (1800-1860) A nation bursting into new li