Unit Two Romanticism and Transcentdentalism/ Lit-Comp 11-Howard Gartrell

http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Irving/Winkle/Irving_Winkle.pdf
Section 1: The Romantics
Theme- a topic or subject, as of a lecture, sermon, essay, etc.
Yes I would know what one look like if I saw it.
Yes I can provide evidence to support what I say.

These stories are some of the best examples of Americans Romanticism, a style of writing that required people to use their imaginations.

Romantics, on the other hand told stories of ordinary people, like Rip Van Winkle or Natty Bumppo who were unsophisticated and were able to rise to the level of hero. "Rip Van Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of the foolish, well- oiled disposition, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound. "

Romantics also focused on nature in their writing since they thought it was away to escape from the loud city, as well as a way to hear ones intuition.
But it would have been worth any statesman's money to have heard the profound discussions that sometimes took place when by chance an old newspaper fell into their hands from some passing traveler.
-The following Tale was found among the papers of the late Diedrick Knickerbocker, an old gentleman of New York, who was very curious in Dutch history of the province, and the manners of the descendants from its primitive settlers.
-From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly break in upon the tranquility of the assemblage.

*It shows that Rip is lazy and don't want to work. Basically like the story says that Rip would rather starve than work for a pound.
*It means people were having conversations that others thought ere loud conversations and that what made the city loud.

American Romanticism
Thanatopsis
*Focus on Imagination
*Celebration of Nature
*Promotion Common People
thanos-death and topsis- seeing
Part1: appreciating nature and imagining it was a woman- mother Nature.
Part2: when each person dies, he just becomes part of the earth.
Part3: " Thou shalt die down With Patriarchs of the infant world"
Part4: imagination- " All that tread the tribes That slumber in its bosom."
The poem, Thanatopsis, shows the themes of Romanticism.
William Cullen Bryant wrote the poem make people at ease with death through the comforting beauty of nature. One has to use his/her imagination when thinking about talking to Mother Nature as well as when imagining all the people who have died and who buried in "earth's bosom." The whole poem is a Celebration of Nature. In death all people from kings to peasants are equal.
I showed evidence in this section by breaking down my parts of the poem, Thanatopsis, and writing them down in sentences.

Section: 2 The Transcendentalists
One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime.
To speak truly, few adults persons can see nature. In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.

Basically I like how it talks about the parts of nature. It also talks about the different ways people saw nature. I like this line he said in the story:" The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other."
First it starts talking about the power of new nature and the reestablishment of harmony. One line that I like in this story is:" A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best."
Transcendentalists believed that GOD spoke through people's minds and their hard work. transcendentalists did not believe that institutions like the government or organized religion were effective.


http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/WALDEN/hdt02.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/WALDEN/hdt08.html

Basically GOD was speaking through this man's mind when he was building the cabin. It showed how he started out and the things he was doing before he started building the cabin and it also showed the supplies and tools he used to build the cabin. He later packed up some of his supplies and things and then paddled downstream to his new home.