Invention by experience
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ROMANTICISM (1800-1855)
I. Historical context
A. Expansion of book publishing, magazines, newspapers
B. Industrial Revolution
C. Abolitionist movement
II. Genre/Style
A. Short stories, novels, poetry,
B. Imagination over reason; intuition over fact
C. Focused on the fantastic of human experience
D. Writing that can be interpreted 2 ways: surface and in depth
E.Focus on inner feelings
F. Gothic literature (sub-genre of Romanticism)
1. Use of the supernatural
2. Characters with both evil and good characteristics
3. Dark landscapes; depressed characters
III. Major writeres
C. Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)
1. Lousy childhood; substance abuse problems; reviled in his day
2. Created the modern short story and detective story
3.Poems: "The Raven", "Bells", "Annabel Lee", "Dream"
4.Attacked 2 long-standing conventions: a poem has to be long; it must teach a lesson
5. Short stories: Black Cat
6. Inspired future detective/horror stories: Sherlock Holmes, Norman Bates, Freddy Kruger, etc.
D. Herman Melville (1819-1891)1. Ranked as one of America's top novelists, but recognized by few in his own time
2. Moby Dick a. Didn't sell: only his friend NH liked it; not reprinted for 60 yrss b. Now considered America's greatest prose epic