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    ROMANTICISM As a result of the American revolution the literature during the ninghteen century changed to fiction. The Romanticism was a period in which authors left classicism‚ age of reason‚ in the old world and started to offered imagination‚ emotions and a new literature that toward nature‚ humanity and society to espouse freedom and individualism. The main characteristics or Romanticism movements are: an emphasis on imagination as a key to revealing the innermost depths of the human spirit

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    Throughout the Romanticism era‚ authors often looked to nature as an ideal for humanity. Famous Romantic author Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein centers on Victor Frankenstein bringing a creature into the natural realm of the living. Another famous author‚ William Wordsworth‚ wrote the poem “The World is Too Much with Us; Late and Soon‚” to reveal a personal perspective on the evolving relationship between mankind and nature. Shelley’s novel Frankenstein and Wordsworth’s poem "The World"

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    American Romanticism: 1800–1860 (--information adapted from Elements of Literature) A Timeline of Selected Events during the Period Known As American Romanticism 1798 - William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge publish Lyrical Ballads‚ a landmark of English Romanticism (traditionally considered the beginning of the English Romantic Movement) 1817 - William Cullen Bryant publishes Thanatopsis 1828 - Noah Webster publishes a landmark dictionary of American English 1833 - John Greenleaf

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    organisms due to our phenomenal ability to reason. It is foolish to believe that companies of harmful yet legal products are responsible for the problems their products cause. Irving Coffman states that it is right for tobacco companies to pay states settlements because of the “problems” tobacco causes. I disagree with Irving Coffman’s belief that it is right for tobacco companies to pay settlements to states‚ and I also disagree with his argument stating that other manufacturers of detrimental products

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    because I actually don’t know any famous people that would qualify because my knowledge on the topic is not that great‚ to be blunt. So I decided to research the topic so I could be better at choosing a point. Thanks for your understanding. I choose Irving Berlin because he represents an example of what is America is made off and stands for. He has a Russian-born‚ naturalized U.S. citizen‚ Berlin left home at 14 to sing in New York City’s. He came to America for freedom and better opportunities of life

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    From tragic adventures on the high-seas to nonsensical battles between white settlers and native tribes‚ romanticism provoked some of the most epic works of American literature. Notable Romantic authors such as James Fenimore Cooper utilized romantic characteristics to develop plot or accentuate the strength of the protagonist. His credibility as a successful romantic author stems from his use of certain romantic characteristics to advance his plot and themes. Nathaniel Hawthorne continues this tradition

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    Scarlett Gregorio Mrs. Hartman-Smith English3/ Period: 6 May 17‚ 2016 Romanticism to the American Dream “We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own mids.” (Emerson p.370-372). These words from the political and social milestones seemed to confirm that all man that can have equal rights. In the 1800’s people had various characteristics of what an American Dream was‚ Society and the American history that led to new cultures and different identities. Society

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    Irving Berlin is one of the most famous American composers and lyricist‚ having effect on the American Broadway‚ cinema‚ and music. He produced seventeen film scores and twenty-one Broadway scores‚ in addition to writing over three thousand songs. His songs are classics that most people know‚ some of his most famous songs are God Bless America and White Christmas. He is one of my favorite composers of all time‚ because he has written both songs‚ Broadway scores‚ and film scores that I have listened

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    When wondering whether England was “[his] prison or [his] palace‚” he could not come to a consensus because his life was defined by moments whose worth was dictated by stories and peers. However‚ the author does not blatantly condemn youthful romanticism‚ describing that perhaps “the thirst for adventure and excitement” so characteristic of young men and woman “ought to be in all at twenty-one.” Through a rhetorical question he displays both the selfishness and drive of inspired young people — “why

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    and say‚ ‘Oh‚ it’s a nice house but what a hideous window over the kitchen table.’ Only a writer really lives in a novel. So much of what works best about it are things that people who come to dinner never know about or see"(Interview 1). John Irving is an author and a master storyteller who illustrates his vivid tales through detailed and exact writing. John Irving’s A Widow For One Year is an intricate narrative of several love stories. In the opening scene‚ Ruth Cole‚ the main female character

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