5. What Is the Connection between Romanticism and Nature?

American Romanticism Characteristics
Novel
One significant distinction between American Romanticism and the Romanticism that flourished on the other side of the Atlantic (in Britain) is that in American Romanticism, the book was a big concern. It wasn't in British Romanticism.
Poets like William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and George Byron were among the most influential British Romantic writers. While the United States has its famous poets, such as Walt Whitman, many of the most prominent American Romantic novelists, including Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne, were novelists. One of the differences between American and British Romanticism is the importance of the novel in the American Romantic movement.
Symbolism
The American Romantics are responsible for some of the most powerful emblems in American literature. The infamous white whale in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlett Letter are two examples. These symbols are still in use in the twenty-first century. The American Romantics employ symbolism to allude to ideas and feelings that are beyond the scope of common words or articulation. These folks were all about expressing the "hidden truths" that lurked beneath the surface of our rational minds and cognitive processes. This fantastical escape was common at the time, and we still see it in movies today. Consider the film Avatar. Jake Sully is able to flee by taking on a new identity in a lovely new planet.
Individualism
We've all heard the cliché about Americans: they're egotistical, obsessed with themselves, and it's all about me, me, me (and cheeseburgers). Of course, this might be a good or terrible thing (we're talking about individualism here—cheeseburgers are always a good thing). Being too focused on ourselves might lead to egotism and selfishness. The truth. Being completely absorbed in ourselves, on the other hand, might be beneficial: it can entail remaining true to our identity and basic character. This second concept of individualism was prized by the American Romantics. On the other hand, with so much progress, many people began to migrate to large cities that were becoming overcrowded. It's no surprise that many people wanted to flee the cities, which had become filthy and disease-ridden. As a result, American Romantic writers used escapism to embrace that idea. In reality, they are responsible for the American love of individualism. Individuals who go against the mainstream, think for themselves, and stay loyal to themselves are the focus of their writing.
Imagination
We've already shown that the American Romantics were passionate about individualism. They were, after all, engrossed in the imagination. That's because they thought the imagination was a manifestation of personal identity. If five of us were asked to visualize a tree, we'd all come up with distinct ideas because we're all different people. Yes, we are unique, separate snowflakes. The American Romantics felt that the imagination not only displays our individuality, but also that it permits us to get insights that we could not obtain through "logical" means. Our imagination, like our emotions, gives us access to a world of knowledge beyond reason and logic. What is the significance of the imagination to the American Romantics? Because it has the ability to move us beyond ourselves.
The American Revolution
Do you recall the American Revolution? That was a significant event. Because they were fed up with being taxed without having political representation, the thirteen American colonies broke away from Britain, the "mother country." This was the idyllic period before the Civil War shattered everyone's trust in humanity.
Democracy and Freedom
Following the American Revolution, democracy became a great political priority in American culture and identity. It's also a big deal in American Romantic literature. The American Romantics valued democratic and libertarian values, which were, after all, the foundations of the American republic. These people believed in equality, justice, and freedom for everyone .Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" reflects a democratic ideal in which everyone plays an equal role in society. Consider the following lines from the poem. In his poem "A Nation's Strength," Ralph Waldo Emerson argues that wealth isn't the only thing that makes a country great. What matters is the depth of its beliefs and principles.