Romanticism

By: Lindsay Cameron





" Bells bells bells bells bells bells bells" this quote from Edgar Allen Poes' The Bells, is one poem that had great influence on early 19th century literature. During the early 1800's , writers Poe, Irving, and Cooper display characteristics of Romantic writers.



Cooper diplays characters with honest expression to their feelings. This appeal to emotion rather then reason is one characteristic of Romanticism. "Deerslayer raised the Indian in his arms, and carried him to the lake…..and took the head of his wounded adversary in his own lap, and endeavored to sooth his anguish in the best manner he could". This appeal to emotion rather then reason is one characteristic of Romanticism. Another is Coopers interest in nature, he describes the beauties of the American wilderness "It was already quiet near the point. He was......

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