EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE MAGAZINE Early American Literature Magazine exam

EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE MAGAZINE Early American Literature Magazine exam | Page 22

 Mysticism, Pantheism, Transcendentalism  Gothicism  abnormal psychology  Exotic settings--time and place  Nature as symbol of Divine  Faith vs, Doubt Transcendentalism and dark romanticism TRANSCENDENTALISTS DARK ROMANTICS Saw divine goodness and beauty beneath Believed spiritual truths may be ugly or everyday reality frightening Embraced the mystical and idealistic Reintroduced the dark side of puritan elements of puritan thought beliefs: the idea of original sin and the human potential for evil. Celebrated the individual, human emotions Explored the dark side of the imagination and the imagination The transcendentalism valued self-reliance Less optimistic about individual potencial and individualismo ver custom and tradition. They saw the natural world as a doorway Fascinated with supernatural to a mystical or ideal reality Fascinated with spirituality Made the connection between the spiritual existing in nature appeareance 22