The Birth of American Literature and Art

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The Birth of American Literature and Art Entering High Society The Birth of American Literature and Art

Romanticism Style of writing that stressed the Individual, Imagination, Creativity, and Emotion. Drew most inspiration from nature

Technical Writing Noah Webster Published American Dictionary of the English Language In 1828 to include American spelling and slang

Using the brush Many artists began to shift from painting people to landscapes, attempting to capture the American west. Many Slave artists emerged in physical arts; pottery, basket weaving, and quilts

Age of Philosophy

Spiritual world is more important than the physical one. Transcendentalism Spiritual world is more important than the physical one.

Let your conscience be your guide Ralph Waldo Emerson – learn life from self-examination and nature. Henry David Thoreau – People should live by their own individual standards

Rather than violence, people should peacefully refuse to obey laws. Civil Disobedience Rather than violence, people should peacefully refuse to obey laws.

Examples that are still around Edgar Allen Poe – “Murders in the Rue Morgue” Herman Melville – Moby Dick Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Scarlett Letter Emily Dickenson – Poet James Fenimore Cooper – The Last of the Mohicans