1. The Renaissance
Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. ... There, in 1925, his literary skills were discovered after he left three of his poems beside the plate of American poet Vachel Lindsay, who recognized Hughes's abilities and subsequently helped publicize Hughe...
Daisy Miller Daisy Miller, one of Henry James' first major works, addresses the emergence of the United States as an economic and political world power. In the late nineteenth century, American industry was flourishing, and Americans were becoming more wealthy. With this money came a desire to ...