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Washington Irving The Sketch Book American Romanticism It stretches from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of the Civil War. started with the publication of Washington Irvings The Sketch Book ended with Whitmans Leaves of Grass. Backgrounds of American Romanticism A. Romantic Movement in England and Europe proved to be a decisive influence; B. Many English and European masters of poetry and prose made stimulating impact on American Romanticism. 1).Walter Scott: Waverly novels, The Lady of the Lake 2).Byron: Oriental romances 3).Gothic tradition, the cult of solitude and of gloom Romanticism associated with imagination and boundlessness, as contrasted with classicism, which is commonly associated with reason and restriction. The most profound and comprehensive idea of romanticism is the vision of a greater personal freedom for the individual. Romanticism A. a movement in literature, philosophy, music and art which developed in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; B. It emphasized individual values and aspirations above those of society as a reaction to the Industrial Revolution; C. It looked to the Middle Ages and to direct contact with nature for inspiration; D. It gave impetus to the national liberation movement in 19th-century Europe. American Romanticism 1.Time: the publication of Washington Irvings The Sketch Book（1819）and ended with Whitmans Leaves of Grass（1855）; 2. It was a rebellion against the objectivity of rationalism. For romantics, the feelings, intuitions and emotions were more important than reason and common sense; 3. The writers emphasized individualism, placing the individual against the group. They affirmed the inner life of the self, and cherished strong interest in the past, the wild, the remote, the mysterious and the strange. American Romanticism 4. the writers stressed the element of “Amerianness” in their works; 5. Being a period of the great flowering of American literature, it is als