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American Romanticism was just as multifaceted and individualistic as it was in Europe
Romanticism became popular in American politics, philosophy and art
The Romantics rejected rationalism and religious intellect
It appealed to those in opposition of Calvinism
. The Romantic movement gave rise to New England Transcendentalism which portrayed a less restrictive relationship between God and Universe
It encouraged the rejection of harsh, rigid Calvinism
The Romantic movement in America created a new literary genre
Romantic literature was personal, intense, and portrayed more emotion
The Romantic period saw an increase in female authors and also female readers
Poe, Emerson, and Hawthorne are near perfect representations for Romanticism
Poe's poetry has that happy, lyrical, and metrical verse. His subjects may be gloomy, but his poems contain sentimentality and supernatural characteristics and are about exploring the human psyche
For example, "The Raven" The man asks questions about grief but the raven will only answer "nevermore." This event would never occur in real life, which makes the poem Romantic
In "Self Reliance," Emerson espouses the ideas of Transcendentalism
that we don't know everything by knowledge; some things are learned through experience
Discussing abstract ideas without translation to real life is Romantic as well
In his poem "Give All to Love," giving oneself over to the divine power of love
In Hawthorne's short stories, these abstract qualities take on a symbolic meaning
they were a diverse group of individuals varying from different backgrounds and styles, but one thing that they had in common was that they were all individualistic minded writers