Romanticism

= Characteristics: =
 * = Return to nature. =
 * = Imagination and human emotions are celebrated. =
 * = Imagination over reason; intuition over fact. =
 * = Often set in a distant, historic, or exotic past. =
 * = The importance of the individual. =
 * = Supports the ideals of democracy, republicanism, human equality, and freedom. =
 * = Typically includes the supernatural, and a focus on human psychology. =
 * = Focus on inner feelings. =

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= WRITERS: =

= @Emily Dickinson =

= @Victor Hugo =

= @Washington Irving =

=** @Henry Wadsworth Longfellow **=

Page updated 8/7/15.