... would greatly influence the Transcendental Movement.  Bryant composed his perspectives to fulfill his duties as expressing elements of American Romanticism and Transcendentalism. American "Romanticism is crucial to American culture to the extent that the very creation of the United States has been considered an expression of romantic thought" (Matterson1). Bryant incorporated another element ... in order to get to the higher power one must surround oneself with nature. Bryant used these elements throughout his works of poetry. Although some authors possessed both elements, Bryant view...

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After the Revolutionary War, there were dramatic political, economical, and social changes. Due to these changes, a sense of nationalism developed. There were great changes in literature as well. There was a shift from Classicism, which emphasized emotions and the individual. Authors of the early 1800's used an interest in the past, deeper aspects of human psychology, and a faith in nature to express the ideals of Romantic literature. An interest in the past was one Romantic characteristic used by authors of the early 1800's, Washington Irving is an excellent example of this. In his story, "Th...

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... individual expression characterized Classicism. These restrictions resulted in a cultural movement that rejected all suppositions of idealism. Romanticism, and further in depth Transcendentalism, embraced invention, perceptibility, 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 Ps...

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The Great American Poets During the nineteenth century, many new authors blossomed in America. They strayed away from that of classical European literature, and instead created their own, unique form of literature. The most popular and greatly appreciated form of literature ... Cullen Bryant was a gifted child who expressed interest in poetry at a young age. He was truly, the first mature American Romantic. Bryant's poetry had many influences. A major influence included English Romanticism. Bryant held an interest in the philosophies of deism; these philosophies played a role in Bryant's wor...

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