During the nineteenth century there was a literary transformation going on in America that changed many writers" approach and mind-set to writing. This transformation was known as know as Romanticism. ... Bryant is one of the first and most significant poets in America literature. ...
A literary piece that is a great example of realism and a hint of romanticism is "The Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. Before Bierce wrote this short story, he was first lieutenant during the American Civil War. ... With all the characteristics and details found in this story, it's clear that this story is a model of realism literature. ... Bierce again, shows us realism in forms of literature by telling us that greed is a deadly sin. ... Ambrose Bierce's literary work is a good model of realism literature as it contains most of the characteristics of re...
He attended Harvard from 1911 to 1915, studying literature and writing daily. ... The collection No Thanks (1935), written in response to his trip to the Soviet Union, treats thetheme of artistic freedom in an especially powerful manner. 50 Poems (1940) contains such popular pieces as "anyone lived in a pretty how town" and an elegy to his father, "my father moved through dooms of love." 1 x 1 (1944) solidified Cummings's reputation as one of America's premier poets. ... In his late verse--XAIPE: Seventy-One Poems (1950), 95 Poems (1958), and the posthumously published 73 Poems (1963...
