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The Emergence of American Literature, Philosophy, and Art and Scientific Attitudes.

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1 The Emergence of American Literature, Philosophy, and Art and Scientific Attitudes

2 Painting Portraiture Historical Scenes Landscapes: Hudson River School

3 Painting-2 Indian and Western Scenes Art Reproductions Sculpture

4 Hudson River School

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7 Music Symphony Orchestra Choral Societies Music Schools

8 Music-2 Music Periodicals Patriotic Songs American Composers and Musicians

9 Search for a national language Dictionary of the English language Noah Webster

10 Literary works Continued preference for English authors William Shakespeare most popular Writers on the American scene First “American” Authors

11 Literary works First “American” Authors Ralph Waldo Emerson Emily Dickinson Washington Irving James Fennimore Cooper

12 Literary works First “American” Authors Walt Whitman Henry David Thoreau Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville Edgar Allan Poe

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22 Literary works 1830’s- Cheap paperbacks and newspapers were available for the first time

23 History Search for Heroes and a national history Washington Founding Fathers

24 History-2 National Historians Foreigners’ Observations Alexis de Tocqueville- 1830

25 Transcendentalism Origins Components Influence


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