1. Romanticism
ROMANTICISM In the nineteenth century, the foundation of American literature had a profound change. ... This movement seemed to be reaction against the dominant attitudes and approaches of the eighteenth century. Unlike the eighteenth century, writers who interest in reaction, logic, and scientific observation, the Romantics stressed the examination of inner feelings, emotions and the use of imagination. ... Also with the composition of those writers who helped to American literary heritage, this change can explain the differences between the writer of the eighteenth century and the write...
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