Forpersonaluseonlyinstudyandresearch;mercialuseAConciseHistoryofAmericanLiteratureWhatisliterature?:PuritanismfeaturesofPuritanismPredestination::Humanbeingswereborntobeevil,:Onlythe“elect”–hardwork,thrift,piety,sobriety(seriousandthoughtful)–:theAmericanpuritan’,thestyleisfresh,simpleanddirect;therhetoricisplainandhonest,,histories,journals,letters,travelbooks,autobiographies/biographies,sermonswritersofcolonialperiodAnneBradstreetEdwardTaylorRogerWilliamsJohnWoolmanThomasPainePhilipFreneauJonathanEdwardslifeworksTheFreedomoftheWillTheGreatDoctrineofOriginalSinDefendedTheNatureofTrueVirtueideas–pioneeroftranscendentalismThespiritofrevivalismRegenerationofmanGod’spresencePuritanidealismBenjaminFranklinlifeworksPoorRichard’“thenewPrometheuswhohadstolenfire(electricityinthiscase)fromheaven”.Everythingseemstomeetinthisoneman–“Jackofalltrades”.HermanMelvillethusdescribedhim“masterofeachandmasteredbynone”.Chapter2AmericanRomanticismSection1EarlyRomanticPeriodWhatisRomanticism?AnapproachfromancientGreek:PlatoAliterarytrend:18cinBritain(1798~1832):Characteristicsofromanticismsubjectivityfeelingandemotions,findingtruthemphasisonimaginationemphasisonindividualism–personalfreedom,noheroworship,naturalgoodnessofhuman
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