AConciseHistoryofAmericanLiteratureWhatisliterature?:PuritanismfeaturesofPuritanismPredestination::Humanbeingswereborntobeevil,(4) Limitedatonement:Onlythe “elect ”–hardwork,thrift,piety,sobriety(seriousandthoughtful)influencedAmericanliterature.(2)–gardenofEden.(3)Symbolism:theAmericanpuritan’,thestyleisfresh,simpleanddirect;therhetoricisplainandhonest,,histories,journals,letters,travelbooks,autobiographies/biographies,sermonswritersofcolonialperiodAnneBradstreetEdwardTaylorRogerWilliamsJohnWoolmanThomasPainePhilipFreneauJonathanEdwardslifeworksTheFreedomoftheWillTheGreatDoctrineofOriginalSinDefendedTheNatureofTrueVirtueideas–pioneeroftranscendentalismThespiritofrevivalismRegenerationofmanGod’spresencePuritanidealismIV. BenjaminFranklinlifeworksPoorRichardAlmanac’“thenewPrometheuswhohadstolenfire(electricityinthiscase)-1-fromheaven ”.(3) Everythingseemstomeetinthisoneman –“Jackofalltrades ”.HermanMelvillethusdescribedhim “masterofeachandmasteredbynone ”.Chapter2AmericanRomanticismSection1EarlyRomanticPeriodWhatisRomanticism?AnapproachfromancientGreek:PlatoAliterarytrend:18cinBritain(1798~1832):Characteristicsofromanticismsubjectivityfeelingandemotions,findingtruthemphasisonimaginationemphasisonindividualism–personalfreedom,noheroworship,naturalgoodnessofhumanbeingsbacktomedi
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