Dan's+Romanticism+page

=Welcome to my Romanticism Page!= DIRECTIONS: 1. Fill the page with information, pictures, quotes about Romanticism. 2. Here is suggested list of topics to google:RIGHT CLICK ON THE GOOGLE ICON AND CHOOSE OPEN A NEW PAGE** American Romanticism, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Transcendentalism, Walden, Washington Irving

3. Your page must have three of the following:

3 relevant pictures

3 quotes from stories we read in class (you can look in the book, or type titles on good and the stories often come up...then you can cut and paste a favorite sentence) -"On one side of this inlet is a beautiful dark grove" The Devil and Tom Walker, Washington Irving -"Who's would be a man, must be a nonconfomist" Self~Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson -"Our life is frittered away by detail" Walden, Henry David Thoreau

3 facts about any of the Romanticism authors - Poe was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career - Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts - Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the "father of free verese" 3 facts about Romanticism (from your notes, the book, or a website) - it was partly a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature, and was embodied most strongly in the visual arts, music and literature. - freedom of thought and expression, and an idealization of nature - originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the Industrial Revolution.

4. To get started, click EDIT THIS PAGE on the top of this page. The page will then be a document for you to type. Google is in the navigation bar, so that you can quickly access google. Remember to RIGHT CLICK on google link and "open a new page" Also, remember to SAVE (top right) every time you change something. Go below this line and start us off!

AMERICAN ROMANTICISM