They were, instead, significantly influenced by the popular literature of the period. ... Reynolds points out that a subversive literature existed prior to the work of the major authors of the American Renaissance, in the form of sensational crime novels, erotic writings, humor writing, etc. ... American Romanticism Romanticism as broadly considered arose so gradually and exhibited so many phases that a straightforward definition proves impossible. Generally, romanticism marks a reaction in literature, philosophy, art, religion, and politics from the neoclassicism and formal orthodoxy of th...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was a key literary figure in the development of transcendentalism and in the American Romanticism Movement. According to literary folklore, Ralph Waldo Emerson began the American Romanticism movement. The literature of American Romanticism was written between the late 1830's and the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. ...

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Individualism is a characteristic of Romanticism. ... Individualism is what Emerson wanted to get across to the readers and that romanticism was the time period for that. ... Transcendentalism is what Emerson was along with other literature writers in this time period. ... In romanticism Emerson was skeptic about Christianity. ... He used many examples in his essay that connected directly to Romanticism. ...

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Romanticism Realism and Modern Art Romanticism was more then just an art form it was a way of life, a way of thinking, and above all a way of seeing everyday life. ... Yet another founder of Romanticism is Eugene Delacroix. ... Literature brought forth "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville. ...

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