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1 IV. American Literature and Arts

2 A. An American Culture Develops
American themes were developed by writers such as Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper Transcendentalism stressed nature over material wealth; emotion over reason Led by Ralph Waldo Emerson, transcendentalists stressed the importance of each individual (individualism)

3 A. An American Culture Develops
American themes were developed by writers such as Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper Transcendentalism stressed nature over material wealth; emotion over reason Led by Ralph Waldo Emerson, transcendentalists stressed the importance of each individual (individualism) Henry David Thoreau encouraged people to live simply and civil disobedience

4 B. Flowering of American Literature
Herman Melville (Moby Dick) and Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Scarlett Letter) -wrote about dark areas of psychology Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) wrote about New England life -heroine of story was imperfect person rather than ideal 3. Walt Whitman wrote poems celebrating democracy

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