Weeks of Oct. 20th - 29th
The efforts of Reconstruction were attempts to re-build the United States Union and find places for the black slaves along with the expansion of the nation. As a result there were many ideas set on the table and a ton of disagreements with the circumstances. With the Civil War over there are also many new feelings arising from the citizens and as a result the arts get change and new arts come to creation. During this period in American history the overall mood of the nation is negative as they have just finished the bloodiest war that split the nation apart. With all this negativity and uncertainty Romanticism came to be and was embraced by authors, poets, artists, and the critics of the United States. Romanticism focuses on the darker, mysterious side of things as it revolves around the supernatural, imagination, the Gothic, death, and respect for nature. I think that such a theme was taken in because of all the death that occurred during the Civil War along with the search for individuality. People become attracted to rebellion, revolution with the trends of melancholy and sadness. The expression of a person's feeling and their darker side was appealing to people as the Enlightenment Period concluded and opinions clashed. A famous example is the poet Edgar Allan Poe who had many tragedies in his life and those losses and feelings for revenge and the familiarity with death were transferred into his poems and short stories. Personally I really like the Romantic literary works as they bring about a sense of mystery and get the reader on the edge of their seat. Why is it that people like to feel scared and have the adrenalin of fear with anxiety?
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