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American Literature through Time

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American Renaissance/Romanticism
1800-1855

Content:
writing that can be interpreted 2 ways, on the surface for common folk or in depth for
philosophical readers
sense of idealism
focus on the individual's inner feelings
emphasis on the imagination over reason and intuition over facts
urbanization versus nostalgia for nature
burden of the Puritan past

Genre/Style:
literary tale
character sketch
slave narratives,
political novels
poetry
transcendentalism

Effect:
helps instill proper gender behavior for men and women
fuels the abolitionist movement
allow people to re-imagine the American past

Historical Context:
expansion of magazines, newspapers, and book publishing
slavery debates
                                                                              

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