Question

What are central ideas in "The American Romantics v. the American Realists"?

Select the two correct answers.
Responses

American Romantic writers wanted to set themselves apart from previous movements by embracing freedom and individual feelings over tradition.
American Romantic writers wanted to set themselves apart from previous movements by embracing freedom and individual feelings over tradition.

American Romantic writers kept a focus on family and tradition in their writing, idealizing the war effort through images like the U.S.S. Constitution.
American Romantic writers kept a focus on family and tradition in their writing, idealizing the war effort through images like the U.S.S. Constitution.

American Romantics tried to be individualistic by writing solemn and mysterious stories that ended in death.
American Romantics tried to be individualistic by writing solemn and mysterious stories that ended in death.

American Romantic writers tried to create a new identity for a new nation through an optimistic focus on the natural new world.

Answer 1

The two correct central ideas in "The American Romantics v. the American Realists" are:

- American Romantic writers wanted to set themselves apart from previous movements by embracing freedom and individual feelings over tradition.
- American Romantic writers tried to create a new identity for a new nation through an optimistic focus on the natural new world.

The other two responses are not accurate. American Romantic writers did not focus on family and tradition, nor did they try to be individualistic by writing stories that ended in death. These descriptions do not accurately capture the themes and goals of the American Romantic movement.