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Amanda Anderson
ENG 491
Julie Miler

 The American Renaissance is a literary period that
begins around 1830 and ends shortly after the Civil
War in 1865. It is a period of full of cultural,
religious, literary, political, and geographic changes
in America. The American Renaissance ushered in a
darker, more pessimistic style of writing and
brought about Dark Romanticism and
Transcendentalism.
Introduction

 Development of “American” culture which
influenced literature
 Writers began exploring topics other than religion
and politics
 Freedom from British rule and an established
American government ushered in greater literary
creativity
Culture, Religion, & Politics
During the American
Renaissance

 Movement focusing on optimism
 The goodness in people
 Philosophical
 The Divine is above all else and is in everything
 Liberal views on feminism
 Belief in the community
 Opposite of Dark Romanticism
Transcendentalism

Famous Faces of The
American Renaissance

Emily Dickinson
 “Hope” is the thing
with feathers
(1830–1886)

 I taste a liquor never brewed
 Success is counted sweetest
 Wild Nights-Wild Nights!
 I felt a Funeral in my Brain
 I’m Nobody! Who are you?
 Because I could not stop for Death
Some Works by Emily
Dickinson

Ralph Waldo Emerson
 The Conduct of Life:
Power
1803–1882

Some Works of Ralph
Waldo Emerson
Nature
Essays: First Series
Essays: Second Series
Poems Representative Men
The Conduct of Life
English Traits
Society and Solitude
Parnassus
Letters and Social Aims
"The Concord Hymn"
"The Problem"
"Threnody"
"Poet"
"The Humble-Bee"
"The Rhodora"
"Uriel"
"Give All to Love"
"Brahma"
"Merlin"
"Boston Hymn"

Walt Whitman
 Leaves of Grass

 Leaves of Grass
 Poetry
 A Noiseless Patient Spider
 Adieu to a Soldier
 As I Ponder'd in Silence
 Come Up from the Fields Father
 Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
 Good-bye my Fancy!
 Halcyon Days
 I Dream'd in a Dream
Some Works of Walt
Whitman
I Hear America Singing
I Sing the Body Electric
Mannahatta
Myself and Mine
O Captain! My Captain!
On, on the Same, Ye Jocund
Twain!
Out of the Cradle Endlessly
Rocking
Passage to India
Pioneers! O Pioneers!
Salut au Monde!
Song of Myself

Resources
American Renaissance. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from
https://www.britannica.com/art/American-Renaissance
www.bing.com/images
Leaves of Grass. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Leaves-of-Grass-by-Whitman
Levine, R. S., & Krupat, A. (2012). The Norton Anthology of American Literature
Volume B (8th ed.). New York, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Poetry Foundation. (2016). “Hope” is the thing with feathers. Retrieved from
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-
poets/poems/detail/42889#poem
Transcendentalism. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from
https://www.britannica.com/event/Transcendentalism-American-movement
Walt Whitman. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walt-Whitman

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The american renaissance

  • 2.   The American Renaissance is a literary period that begins around 1830 and ends shortly after the Civil War in 1865. It is a period of full of cultural, religious, literary, political, and geographic changes in America. The American Renaissance ushered in a darker, more pessimistic style of writing and brought about Dark Romanticism and Transcendentalism. Introduction
  • 3.   Development of “American” culture which influenced literature  Writers began exploring topics other than religion and politics  Freedom from British rule and an established American government ushered in greater literary creativity Culture, Religion, & Politics During the American Renaissance
  • 4.   Movement focusing on optimism  The goodness in people  Philosophical  The Divine is above all else and is in everything  Liberal views on feminism  Belief in the community  Opposite of Dark Romanticism Transcendentalism
  • 5.  Famous Faces of The American Renaissance
  • 6.  Emily Dickinson  “Hope” is the thing with feathers (1830–1886)
  • 7.   I taste a liquor never brewed  Success is counted sweetest  Wild Nights-Wild Nights!  I felt a Funeral in my Brain  I’m Nobody! Who are you?  Because I could not stop for Death Some Works by Emily Dickinson
  • 8.  Ralph Waldo Emerson  The Conduct of Life: Power 1803–1882
  • 9.  Some Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature Essays: First Series Essays: Second Series Poems Representative Men The Conduct of Life English Traits Society and Solitude Parnassus Letters and Social Aims "The Concord Hymn" "The Problem" "Threnody" "Poet" "The Humble-Bee" "The Rhodora" "Uriel" "Give All to Love" "Brahma" "Merlin" "Boston Hymn"
  • 11.   Leaves of Grass  Poetry  A Noiseless Patient Spider  Adieu to a Soldier  As I Ponder'd in Silence  Come Up from the Fields Father  Crossing Brooklyn Ferry  Good-bye my Fancy!  Halcyon Days  I Dream'd in a Dream Some Works of Walt Whitman I Hear America Singing I Sing the Body Electric Mannahatta Myself and Mine O Captain! My Captain! On, on the Same, Ye Jocund Twain! Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking Passage to India Pioneers! O Pioneers! Salut au Monde! Song of Myself
  • 12.  Resources American Renaissance. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/art/American-Renaissance www.bing.com/images Leaves of Grass. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Leaves-of-Grass-by-Whitman Levine, R. S., & Krupat, A. (2012). The Norton Anthology of American Literature Volume B (8th ed.). New York, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Poetry Foundation. (2016). “Hope” is the thing with feathers. Retrieved from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and- poets/poems/detail/42889#poem Transcendentalism. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/event/Transcendentalism-American-movement Walt Whitman. (2016). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walt-Whitman