... States. The central interest of the romantic movement is the concern with nature and the natural surroundings. This tradition is absorbed in the literary movement of transcendentalism that is expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. This movement were influenced by Romanticism, specially in the ... transform their way of thinking . Now in his writings he would express his feelings about what was occurring in the United States. His mayor themes would be racism, liberty of rights and expression and also of individualism, emphasizing in his writings the word "I". That "I" ...

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Walt Whitman(1819-1892), broke the literary tradition of his time with regards to content, form and style of his vigorous verse. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), while living a life of seclusion, was very audacious mentally, revealing a complex ... other "taboo" subjects and common objects and people, Whitman and Dickinson address the larger matters of life, namely death and religion. Although they often deal with the same themes, their approaches differ and both pioneered their own unique style of writing. Whitman's style of free verse develops in complex and expansive lines and stanzas, which ...

• Word Count: 2619
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate