Often considered the first period of American creativity‚ the Romantic period is placed within the historical context of westward expansion‚ the increasingly heated nature of the slavery question‚ and strained relations between the opposing desires for reform and separation found in the North and the South. Historically‚ this period of tensions resulted in the Civil War. Within the literature‚ however‚ the opposing views of life were able to co-exist relatively peacefully. Romanticism is typically
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Ralph Waldo Emerson promoted transcendentalist ideas and believed that mankind was born inherently good‚ only to be corrupted by society. Within his work‚ he encourages others to trust their instincts and embrace their own beliefs. Emerson had a strong aversion to the acceptance of cultural norms and compared imitation to suicide. Additionally‚ he argues that legends such as‚ Moses‚ Plato‚ and Milton are so greatly respected because they acted upon their uniqueness. Emerson was aware of the repercussions
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well as deterring crime and increase student safety. Having school uniform has its con to it and one would be the fact that it takes away our freedom of expression. A crucial form of self expressions would be to abolish school uniform. Ralph Waldo Emerson stated the quote "None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone." Selfexpression is crucial because each student has their own clothing identification
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Cited: Emerson‚ Ralph Waldo. Nature. The American Experience. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall‚ 2010. 366-368. Print Emerson‚ Ralph Waldo. “Self-Reliance.” The American Experience. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall‚ 2010. 369-370. Print Thoreau‚ Henry David. Walden. The American Experience. Upper Saddle River
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In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s maxim‚ “Speak your latent conviction‚ and it shall be the universal sense”‚ Emerson supports the notion of individuality and conveying one’s beliefs without the fear of controversy. This maxim relates to the play‚ “The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail”‚ in which the main character Henry doesn’t conform societal expectations and stays true to his beliefs. While instructing a class of students‚ Henry refuses to teach according to the school’s curriculum. He is criticized by the
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Biography of Henry D. Thoreau Henry David Thoreau is an American who has an legacy that goes on forever from his extraordinary writings. Thoreau’s writings varied different genres. This ability of writing with a different variety of genres gave an positive affect or touched many people in a way that had driven them to do something great. Therefore ‚ his contributions to the world of literature are numerous his works touched a world wide audience. which makes his reputation great as a writer. Consequently
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List of literary movements From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This is a list of modern literary movements: that is‚ movements after the Renaissance. These terms‚ helpful for curricula or anthologies‚ evolved over time to group certain writers who are often loosely related. Some of these movements (such as Dada and Beat) were defined by the members themselves‚ while other terms (the metaphysical poets‚ for example) emerged decades or centuries after the periods in
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slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading." William Styron • "In the highest civilization‚ the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity." Ralph Waldo Emerson • "There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." Joseph Brodsky • "To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life." W Somerset Maugham • "Every man who
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Transcendentalism was a movement that began in New England during the time period of the 1830’s. There is no definite starting point‚ but it is often believed by most people to have begun with the Transcendentalism club which birthed in September 8‚ 1836 by Ralph Waldo Emmerson. The movement had changed the views of philosophy‚ religion‚ social‚ and the devices of literature. The main idea of this movement delivered the message of individualism and spiritual reality. The prominence of Transcendentalism was due to
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Throughout the 18th Century‚ there were many writers who wrote in this style. Some of the more famous pieces of Romantic literature and writers included The First Snowfall by James Russell Lowell‚ Walden by Henry David Thoreau‚ and Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson. By portraying the beauty of nature‚ these writers inspired a whole new era of writing. Romantic writers describe nature in three different seasons. The first of these seasons is winter. The winter season until the first snowfall is portrayed
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