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Dark Romanticism focused on individual emotions and freedom from societal constraints. Major authors like Poe, Melville, and Hawthorne used improbable plots and remote settings to appeal to the imagination through emotion over reason. Their brooding protagonists were often at odds with society, indulging their feelings of uniqueness through a quest for an unattainable perfection that consumed them.

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Dark Romanticism
Dark Romanticism Major Authors: Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe Rebelled against the Age of Reason Focused on the INDIVIDUAL & wanted to deal with EMOTIONS
Reaction to industrialization-- Wanted FREEDOM Will criticize greed Characters who seek after wordly riches will likely expire & face an unfavorable fate Will criticize the city- Seen as morally corrupt Wanted to ESCAPE! So they, used their IMAGINATIONS
Value Nature: Nature reflects the spirit of the individual Near a person who is immoral & greedy Nature is dark , gloomy, and dead Near a person who is moral & kind Nature is bright and beautiful
How did they appeal to the imagination? Emotion over reason suspension of disbelief Improbable plots Remote, far-away settings The abnormal Use of terror , fear, the odd
The Romantic Protagonist Brooding , dark, and dreaming At ODDS with society or peers Not interested in authority Indulges (wallows) in his/her own feelings , uniqueness, and intuition Selfish
The Romantic Protagonist contd. Quest for Perfection Becomes consumed with the desire for the unattainable Longs for something MORE The past, the impossible, perfection, wordly riches A character of EXTREMES Can be obsessive in feelings

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Dark romantics

  • 2. Dark Romanticism Major Authors: Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe Rebelled against the Age of Reason Focused on the INDIVIDUAL & wanted to deal with EMOTIONS
  • 3. Reaction to industrialization-- Wanted FREEDOM Will criticize greed Characters who seek after wordly riches will likely expire & face an unfavorable fate Will criticize the city- Seen as morally corrupt Wanted to ESCAPE! So they, used their IMAGINATIONS
  • 4. Value Nature: Nature reflects the spirit of the individual Near a person who is immoral & greedy Nature is dark , gloomy, and dead Near a person who is moral & kind Nature is bright and beautiful
  • 5. How did they appeal to the imagination? Emotion over reason suspension of disbelief Improbable plots Remote, far-away settings The abnormal Use of terror , fear, the odd
  • 6. The Romantic Protagonist Brooding , dark, and dreaming At ODDS with society or peers Not interested in authority Indulges (wallows) in his/her own feelings , uniqueness, and intuition Selfish
  • 7. The Romantic Protagonist contd. Quest for Perfection Becomes consumed with the desire for the unattainable Longs for something MORE The past, the impossible, perfection, wordly riches A character of EXTREMES Can be obsessive in feelings