... Romantic Writers Ralph Waldo Emerson Considered to be a founding writer and philosopher within the American romantic movement, Emerson is perhaps best known for his essays, from which emerge the grounding notions of Transcendentalism. Henry David Thoreau Best known for his work "Walden," Thoreau presents an exploration of self-discipline and self-discovery which resonates significantly through American literature. Walt Whitman Whitman's poem, " ... , but can certainly be read to gesture to a sort of cultural psyche, a particular American unconscious. Herman Melville: an author of rom...

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... The romantic sensibility was hard to define because it was a movement that went beyond national, chronological, and artistic boundaries. It had a strong influence on literature, music, and painting. For romantics, the imagination, spontaneity, individual feelings, and nature were of greater value than reason, logic, planning, and cultivation. Influenced writers of this time include Washington Irving, author of RIP ... included Henry Longfellow (1807-1882) and Oliver Holmes (1809-1894). Longfellow wrote THE CROSS OF SNOW, THE ROPEWALK, and THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS. Holmes is known ...

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