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the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey ;Historical Background;Growth and expansion ; Growth and expansion ;The largest group of forty-niners in 1849 were Americans;the Louisiana Purchase transfers ; social issues ; social issues; Pursuit of new belief; Education;;; Subjectivity Romanticism was a rebellion against the objectivity of rationalism. The romantic spirit was one of subjectivity of inward feelings. Romantics placed much emphasis upon the creative function of imagination, and saw art as a formulation of intuitive and imaginative perceptions that tend to speak a nobler truth than that of fact. ; Subjectivity For romantics, the feelings, intuitions and emotions were more important than reason and common sense. The controversy was one between head thinking and heart feeling. There was a much greater stress on emotions in the writing of the romantic period. Romantics held that one could find truth through one’s feelings. ; Subjectivity Romantics emphasized individualism, placing the individual against the group, against authority. They saw the individual at the very center of life and art. They emphasized personal freedom. They delighted in self-analysis, intricate examination and full exposure of the soul. They cherished no hero-worship, yet believed in the perfectibility of humanity. Romantics believed in the natural goodness of human beings. ; Back to nature Romantics did not think of the world as a ticking watch made by God. They thought of the world as a breathing , living thing (Rousseau, 1712-1778 ). They stressed the close relationship between man and nature. Romanticism focuses on Nature; a place free from society’s judgement and restrictions. ; Although there was no denying of the strong European influences on American romantic writer