美国浪漫主义文学 American_Romanticism.pptVIP

Historical Background This is a period of rapid growth and rapid expansion This is a period of the discussion of social issues This is a period of the pursuit of new belief This is a period of the development of education This is a period of foreign influences Growth and expansion  increasing Population, In 1810, the population totaled 7,000,000. Fifty-years later, at the beginning of Civil War, the population reached 31,000,000. A new nationalism emerged as a result of this sudden influx of immigration. Spreading industrialization filled people with optimism. Pushing frontier Growth and expansion  1803, The Louisiana Purchase 1830s, a series of wars against native Americans 1846—1848, war against Mexico 1848, discovery of gold in California, thus the Gold Rush The discovery of gold in California in 1848 brought about a Gold Rush, which further pushed the frontier to the end. As a result, an unprecedented optimistic attitude was prevailing among people. The largest group of forty-niners in 1849 were Americans the Louisiana Purchase transfers social issues The woman’s issue. Some women asked for their rights to vote and to own property. In 1837, the first women’s college was established in Massachusetts. The slavery issue. Slavery existed together with the anti-slavery conceptions. It was with the help of thousands of slaves that the expansion of the economy became possible. In 1833, the American Anti-Slavery Society was established. social issues The new lifestyle. The pursuit of simplicity, utility and perfection remained an American characteristic. Pursuit of new belief Democracy and political equality became the ideals of the new nation. The age of Common man, the egalitarian belief Education Wide distribution of periodicals, more and more native American writers:Poe,Melville,Hawthorne, Thoreau, Emerson, and Whitman Life story A. born in a r