... centuries. At the peak of the 19th century there was a "revolutionary" shift and rise in the popularity of writers rejecting the concept of romanticism in their novellas and novels. According to the Encyclopedia Brittanica; "Romanticism emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational, the imaginative, the personal, the spontaneous, the emotional, the visionary, and the transcendental." ... person point of view Emma's disposition and fantasy like mentality , "Endless sarabands ran through her head and, like dancing girls on a flowered carpet, her thoughts skipped with the notes,...

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... least have been in a closer relationship. Douglass is the only source of information for the little group of listeners as he is the only one familiar with the content of the story. The manuscript contains the notes and accounts of the governess who functions as the real storyteller. She is the ... only witness and source of information for Douglass. This one-sided flow of information from the governess through the manuscript to ... or not she now feels herself to be the protector and heroine of the children from the malicious ghosts and neglects all rational explanation for the appear...

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