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The literature of Romanticism，有Washington Irving、James Fenimore Cooper、William Cullen Bryant、Edgar Allan Poe

The literature of Romanticism

• Washington Irving⭐
  • Brief Introduction
    • Titled:
      • "The first author produced in new public".
      • "The first American writer of short story".
    • Born:3 April 1783
    • Birthplace:New York
    • Died:28 November 1859
    • Named:His parents worshipped General Washington.
  • Main Works
    • Sketch book
    • A history of New York
    • A history of the life and Voyages of Christopher
    • A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
    • The Alhambra
  • Feature ⭐(keyword)
    • ① His had two-phrases career. Before 1832，ruins and relics(English）.After1832，A whole new spirit of nationalism.（American）.
    • ②quite different from Puritanism/want people get entertainment
    • ③ emeloping the story in an atmosphere— supernature or mysterious.
    • ④vivid characterization.
    • ⑤It is exaggeration to say that his humor penetrating in the texture.
    • ⑥The finished and Musical language.
  • 小说要素:character（round,flat）/plot/setting(time,place)/point view/style/theme/tone
• James Fenimore Cooper
  • Brief Introduction
    • Titled: “The first true American novelist”.
    • inventing plot
    • introduced westward movement in literature
  • Main Works
    • The last of the Mohicans
    • The Spy
    • The Leatherstocking Tales
    • The Deerslayer
• William Cullen Bryant
  • Brief Introduction
    • Born:1794
    • Died:1878
    • Birthplace:American
  • Main Works
    • New York Review
    • Thanatopsis
    • To a Waterfowl(the most perfect brief poem in the language)
• Edgar Allan Poe⭐
  • Brief Introduction
    • Titled:
      • "The most controversial and most misunderstand literary figure in the history of American literature"
      • "a great writer of fiction"
      • "a critic of insight"
      • "a poet of the first rank"
    • Main Works
      • Annabel Lee
        • Feature
          • Follow the patten of alternate between the short lines and long lines
          • Narrative poem tells us the story of the death of Annabel Lee.(doomed story happen in the past)
        • Tone:melancholy
        • Topic:The death of Lee
      • Message
      • The Fall of the House of Usher
      • Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
      • To Helen
      • The Raven
  • Poetic Principle⭐
    • Clarity short→read at one sitting
    • Aim:beauty
    • Topic:the death of a young beautiful woman
    • Tone:melancholy
    • Music:effect
  • Short Story⭐
    • ① short-brevity
    • ② The length→read at one sitting→ensure the totality of impression
    • ③ word Don't use words which does not contribute to the fact.
    • ④ give the reader a sense of finality
    • ⑤ unconscious and subconscious dig out the main character