Influence Of Rationalism On The Progression Of American Literature

Progression of American literature contains many important factors and groups of people such as the Puritans, Romantics, and Rationalist. Puritans are a group of people who practice worshiping their God and preach their religion. They later became a powerful political party in the 17th century. Romantics are people that relate their writings and their lives to nature. Most of these peoples writing will involve some type of nature in it and how the character is involved in nature. Rationalists are a group of people that determine their ideas by what they think is logical and illogical. Overall these three groups of people play a big role in all of our lives today. The Puritans believed in faith and the bible. In the poem, “Here follow some …show more content…
Romanticism became so popular during the 1750s to around the 1870s.The country's it was popular in were Europe, the United States, and Latin America. Romantics are important people because if we didn't have romantics we wouldn't think about things before we do things as well as have descriptive writing. A interesting quote that William Blake said is, “To see a world in a grain of sand, And heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour” (William Blake, Auguries of Innocence). When he states his quote it shows how the Romantics think which is how they love nature and are naturally kind to others. Romantics truly value nature and everything that has to do with taking care of this earth we call home, but do they respect people that aren't romantics is the real question. A perfect example of a rationalist person is Donald J Trump. He has a rationalist thought on everything he says and expresses it in every conference. A quote from Fred Mosteller that shows rationalist thinking, “It’s easy to lie with statistics, but it’s easier to lie without them” (Fred Mosteller). Overall, Rationalism is the test of knowledge and how ideas are determined by