American Romanticism

Romanticism viewed civilization as ...

• Pure

• Artificial

• Unspoiled

• Perfect

Which of the following is NOT is not one of the essential elements of satire?

• Making fun of an idea, person, or institution

• Use of irony

• Making a broader point about society, culture, politics, etc.

• All of the above are essential elements

Romanticism developed in part as a reaction against ____________________.

• Puritanism

• American Gothic Literature

• Rationalism

• European traditions

Which of these is an important theme in American Romanticism? 

• Emotions

• Rationality

• Science

• Industrialization

What did romanticism show deep interest in?

• Nature and thoughts/feelings of a person

• Art and ideas/creation of a person 

• Animals and what they thought/did 

• Plants and what they do/make

Because of the focus on individualism, Romantic era politics often focused on ideas such as women's rights and abolitionism.

• True

• False

The Romantic movement led to a great deal of social reform, including abolition of child labor.

• True

• False

What is typical of the Romanticism?

• Stress on individual thoughts and personal feelings

• Stress on universal thoughts and ideas

This era focused mostly on

• politics

• feelings

• religion

• education

Transcendentalism is...

• fiction using desolate and remote settings with violent events

• an attitude toward nature, humanity and society emphasizing freedom and individuality

• philosophy which holds that basic truths can be reached through intuition better than reason

• authors representing events and social conditions as they really are with no idealization