1. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The events of American history are very much connected to the influence of American literature and what it has become today. The inspiration that a writer needs is mostly gathered by the effects of the world around him/her, and this is how the geography and history of America have made an impact...
American Renaissance Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," belongs to the period known as American romanticism, the period called, by F.O. Matthiessen, the American Renaissance. The American Renaissance took place roughly from 1840-1865, though the most significant work of this period was prod...
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. The Romantic era began in art around 1805. Romantic ways of art were more then just painting, sculpting, writing and thinking. Thi...