... , imagination and ingenuity. Through the writings of prominent authors including William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allen Poe, Washington Irving, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, influence on literature is apparent. "Thanatopsis-, "Masque of the Red Death-, "The Devil and Tom Walker-, "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls-, "A Psalm of Life-, "Self-Reliance-, "Civil Disobedience- and Walden ... the theme of death) was unique to Romanticism. Contrary to interest in past and exotic, social reform in Transcendentalism states one does not need the past, family or...

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... , therefore three stories less beautiful, than his own Reeves Building."" Thoreau's skepticism about modern inventions extends to his views on literature. In the section of Thoreau's Walden appropriately titled "Reading,"" he expresses the opinion that the classics are great works of literature and even "central to understanding the human race."" They applied appropriately to the times when they were written and apply ... , almost a rejuvenating experience for his soul. This is not unlike Babbitt, who, despite the fact that he feels he is slowly becoming one with nature, still has to rely...

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