American Renaissance Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," belongs to the period known as American romanticism, the period called, by F.O. ... Recent texts have challenged Matthiessen's notion of an American Renaissance, pointing out that the work of major American authors of this period did not occur in a vacuum. ... Herman Melville: an author of romantic fiction as was Hawthorne, Melville is particularly well known for his novel Moby-Dick. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne: many of Hawthorne's stories are set in Puritan New England, and his greatest novel, The Scarlet Letter (1850...

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Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving have similar views on death and the afterlife that they express in their short stories which is in agreement with some of the fundamental ideas of Puritanism. All three authors seem to express the idea that it is important to stay away from indulgence and sin, and to instead spiritually focus on repenting and preparing for the afterlife. ... In "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a minister wore a black veil to cover himself up from the sinning that he did and that everyone was currently doing. ... This metho...

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This new writing influence can be found in the works of William Bradford, who wrote OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION, and Anne Bradstreet, author of HERE FOLLOW SOME VERSES UPON THE BURNING OF OUR HOUSE, JULY 10, 1666. ... From this mixtures of outlooks came a very triumphant time in American life, encouraging writers such as Benjamin Franklin, author of his masterpiece, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Other famous writers of this time include Thomas Paine, who wrote THE CRISIS, NO.1; Patrick Henry, author of SPEECH TO THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION; and Thomas Jefferson, writer of THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. ....

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Melville was pessimistic about the world like his other romantic writer peers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen Poe. ... But the writer of Moby Dick, Herman Melville, fellow author Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe took just the opposite view, that nature was hostile and harmful to human culture and interests. ...

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Edgar Allan Poe was a highly lauded poet who lived in the 1800's. He is recognized the most for his gothic-horror short stories and his critical reviews of famous authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne. Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19,1809. His parents were both professional actors,...

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