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AMERICAN ROMANTICISM

Facts about Henry David 1] Born on July 12, 1817, died on May 6, 1862. 2] 1837 Graduated from Harvard University, started a school in Concord the following year, where he taught until its close in 1841. 3] Early 1840s he Contributed nature essays and poems to the transcendentalist journal the Dial.

Facts about Romanticism 1.centers the powerful forces of nature and the belief that emotion is stronger then reason. 2.truth can be found in the feeling and emotion of private experience. 3. Romanticism has an intense interest in and reverence for nature.

[My "Deep Thought Process" On Romanticism] 1] We should experience life, experience it, not be told what life is. 2] We should be able to feel, not be taught the definition of being able to feel. 3] Let nature be our teacher.

Quotes from Dr. Heidegger's experiment 1."My dear old friends," repeated Dr. Heidegger, "may I reckon on your aid in performing an exceedingly curious experiment?" 2."But did Ponce De Leon ever find it?" said the Widow Wycherly. 3."Drink, then," said the doctor, bowing: "I rejoice that I have so well selected the subjects of my experiment."