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    Romanticism was a major literary movement between 1750-1870 that valued imagination, emotion, and individuality over reason and rules. Transcendentalism emerged between 1836-1860 as a subset of Romanticism that believed humans were connected to the universe and God was present in all aspects of life. Transcendentalist writers used imagination and personal experiences to help readers transcend ordinary life and address issues like nature, spirituality, identity, and social injustice. Dark Romanticism also emerged in this period and portrayed the world and human nature in a darker, more sinister light that included supernatural elements like vampires and demons.

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    Romanticism was a major literary movement between 1750-1870 that valued imagination, emotion, and individuality over reason and rules. Transcendentalism emerged between 1836-1860 as a subset of Romanticism that believed humans were connected to the universe and God was present in all aspects of life. Transcendentalist writers used imagination and personal experiences to help readers transcend ordinary life and address issues like nature, spirituality, identity, and social injustice. Dark Romanticism also emerged in this period and portrayed the world and human nature in a darker, more sinister light that included supernatural elements like vampires and demons.

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    Romanticism was a major literary movement between 1750-1870 that valued imagination, emotion, and individuality over reason and rules. Transcendentalism emerged between 1836-1860 as a subset of Romanticism that believed humans were connected to the universe and God was present in all aspects of life. Transcendentalist writers used imagination and personal experiences to help readers transcend ordinary life and address issues like nature, spirituality, identity, and social injustice. Dark Romanticism also emerged in this period and portrayed the world and human nature in a darker, more sinister light that included supernatural elements like vampires and demons.

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    Romanticism and Transcendentalism (1800-1865)

    Romanticism

    Romanticism was a major literary movement that every country of Europe, the United States,
    and Latin America that lasted from about 1750 to 1870. Romanticism's essential spirit was revolt
    against Neoclassicism that characterized Classicism in general and late 18th-century.
    Neoclassicism sought about precise rules, laws, dogmas, and formulas, but the romanticism
    regarded imagination over reason, emotions over logic and intuition over science-making way as
    important on literature.

    Romanticism style

    The original meaning of romantic is “romance like” that resemble the fanciful character of
    medieval romances. But the mood and movements was changed, and it regarded on self-
    expression and individual uniqueness.
    The beginning of Transcendentalism

    Transcendentalism appears around 1836 until 1860. This movement had a unique way of
    thinking: everyone is connected with the universe. Transcendentalists believed that God was
    present in every aspect of life. Their goal was to "transcend'' ordinary life to experience the
    symbolic and spiritual world around them. This movement was a declension of romanticism but
    with some differences: Romanticists were not concerned by God whereas Transcendentalists saw
    God everywhere.

    Impact of transcendentalism on literature


    Transcendentalists used imagination: readers had to imagine what is he is reading and used their
    personal experiences to transcend them.  Literature was a platform to liberate people, to help
    them see what needs to be seen: nature, spirituality, self-identity, and social injustice.For the
    Transcendentalists, man needed to live in the world, participate in it, look at it closely, and take
    action.
    Dark Romanticism (1800-1865)

    How did Dark Romanticism start?


       
    After the age of Enlightenment when literature became more scientific (due to the Industrial
    Revolution & The French Revolution), causing writing to leave out the human emotions, The
    Romantics rose up disagreeing with this new style of literature and started bringing up works full
    of feelings.
              This literary movement can be classified into three branches:
     The Romantics,
     The Transcendentalists
     And the Dark Romantics
    (Transcendentalists and Dark Romantics were both
    sub genres of Romanticism. )
         
    The difference between the three is that the Romantics were against rules, and intellectual
    writing which was introduced during the Revolutionary Period, and gave importance to self-
    expression, idealism, imagination and individuality.
    -         Transcendentalists believed that “God is in the center of the universe” and that life is one
    big harmony.
    -         Whereas Dark Romanticism had the opposite point of view and portrayed the world and
    human nature as dark and evil. Sin and super naturalism such as vampires, demons, monsters etc.
    where prevalent in many of the books of the era.

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