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o be free to develop and express his own inner thoughts(6) They cherish strong interest in the past, especially the medieval. (7) They are interested in variety and attracted by the wild, the irregular, the indefinite, remote, the mysterious, and the strange.(8) American Romanticism presents an entirely new experience alien to European culture, and produce a feeling of newness which has inspired the romantic imagination.Its representatives and their major works are:Words worth and Coleridge: Lyrical Ballads (1798)。主要文學(xué)流派及其代表作Classicism古典主義 As a critical term, a body of doctrine thought to be derived from or to reflect the qualities of ancient Greek and Roman culture particularly in literature, philosophy, art or criticism. Classicism stands for certain definite ideas and attitudes, mainly drawn from the critical utterances of the Greeks and Romans or developed through an imitation of ancient art and literature. These include restraint, restricted scope, dominance of reason, sense of form, unity of design and aim, clarity, simplicity, balance, attention to structure and logical organization, chasteness in style, severity of outline, moderation, selfcontrol, intellectualism, decorum, respect for tradition, imitation, conservatism and good sense. Its representatives and their major works include: John Bunyan: The Pilgrim39。s Progress (1678).Neoclassicism新古典主義 It mainly applies to the classical tendency which dominated the literature of the 17th century and 18th century. It was, at least , the result of a reaction against the fires of passion which had blazed in the late Renaissance, especially in the metaphysical(十七世紀(jì)詩(shī)體的) poetry. And Neoclassicism esteemed objectivity, harmony, rationality, dignity, proportion, and moderation, stressed artistic systems and technical correlation of stylistic ponents, admired conciseness, elegance, good taste and wit, bined pleasure with instruction and matched content to style.Its representatives and their major works are:John Dryden (16311700): The World Well Lost (1678)。Washington Irving: The Sketch Book (1820)High RomanticsAm