ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -American Romanticism: An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the eighteenth century; in most areas it was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1840.

Detailed explanation-2: -Romanticism 1800-1860. Romanticism began as a revolt against the literary voice of Europe and the need to find a truly American voice. End of the war and freedom from British rule left the people with a sense of optimism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The romantic period of American literature took place from 1830 to 1870 and emphasized nature, symbolism, transcendentalism, and individualism. Key authors of this period include Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Walt Whitman.

Detailed explanation-4: -Romanticism began as a late eighteenth-century philosophy that embraced imagination, emotion, and the unknown. Affecting history, literature, religion, art, and home life, Romanticism offered an escape from the stresses of the early Industrial Revolution.