Discuss the background and features of romanticism in america ?.
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Background
Romanticism is the name given to a dominant movement in literature and the other arts – particularly music and painting – in the the period from the 1770s to the mid-nineteenth century:
It is regarded as having transformed artistic styles and practices
Like many other terms applied to movements in the arts, the word covers a wide and varied range of artists and practices
It is a retrospective term, applied by later literary, art and musical historians. None of the artists we refer to as Romantics would have so described themselves
It was a European phenomenon, particularly powerful in Britain, France and Germany, but also affecting countries such as Italy, Spain and Poland. There was also, to some extent, an American version of the movement.
Central features of Romanticism include:
An emphasis on emotional and imaginative spontaneity.
The importance of self-expression and individual feeling. ...
An almost religious response to nature. ...
A capacity for wonder and consequently a reverence for the freshness and innocence of the vision of childhood.