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The Oxbow, by Thomas Cole, a noted Hudson River School artist
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Stressed creativity and emotion Inspired by nature The American wilderness Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Paul Revere’s Ride”
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Founded by Asher Durand Painted lush landscapes Many traveled west for inspiration John James Audubon Drew birds, mammals, plants, and other subjects of nature His Birds of America is the most important work on birds ever published
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Develop American beliefs and style Do not copy the Europeans Part of the Transcendentalism movement
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Emerson’s student Moved to Walden pond to write Thought people should live by their own standards Member of the Transcendentalism movement Spiritual world is more important than the physical world “Civil Disobedience” Do not obey laws you feel are unjust
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Nathaniel Hawthorne- The Scarlet Letter Inspired by the Witchcraft trials Washington Irving- “Rip Van Winkle” & “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” First American writer to gain fame in Europe Herman Melville- Moby Dick Desire to kill a white whale Edgar Allen Poe- “Murders in Rue Morgue” Wrote the 1 st detective stories Walt Whitman- Leaves of Grass Unrhymed poems about ordinary people
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