Compare and contrast the periods of romanticism and realism in american lit. cite specific examples from works you have read to illust the points in your response your resonse must be a minumum full paragraph. reply to at least two classmates with complete sentences. pls pls me i need to turn in by tonight.

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romanticism:

3 prevailing writing categories: general romanticism, gothic writing, slave narratives.focus on the individualfocus on importance of naturefocus on god oversoul (believed that man, god, and nature resided in the human soul.gothics made nature out as dangerous and ominous (focus on swamps and forests).edgar allan poe focused on, in most of his writing, dead or dying women.fredrick douglas wrote a slave narrative.

realism: (don't know as much about this one)

focus on showing things as they were. no fancy writing (fredrick douglas goes under this category).no focus on individual, usually you were insignificant.sprang french and russian literature and moved to america, lasting from the mid 19th century to the 20th century.fredrick douglas can be considered a realist as well.