Survey the impact of the new naturalism of the late 19th century on American thought and culture, comparing it to the Romantic mood early in the century.
The Romantic period was the thing that happened after the second revolution of the Jacksonian Era and the end of the Civil War in America. This was an era of great expansion in the west and a time when slavery was being questioned. It was also an age of intensification of embattled sectionalism in the South. Romanticism was a movement that took place in the 18th and 19th centuries that had an impact on art, literature, religion, philosophy and politics. In the romantic mood, it is said that it sees a psychological desire that allows a person to escape the present (or reality). The term
The Romantic period was the thing that happened after the second revolution of the Jacksonian Era and the end of the Civil War in America. This was an era of great expansion in the west and a time when slavery was being questioned. It was also an age of intensification of embattled sectionalism in the South. Romanticism was a movement that took place in the 18th and 19th centuries that had an impact on art, literature, religion, philosophy and politics. In the romantic mood, it is said that it sees a psychological desire that allows a person to escape the present (or reality). The term