Romanticism

Romanticism During the nineteenth century there was a literary transformation going on in America that changed many writers’ approach and mind-set to writing. This transformation was known as know as Romanticism. William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Copper and Edgar Allen Poe were major contributors to the Romantic Movement. Most of the romantic writings included emotions, imagination and “reveled in nature.” (220) One poet and poem that applies not only nature, but life and death to emphasize its message, is William Cullen Bryant and his renowned poem “Thanotopsis”. A theme that is used in nearly every literary piece is nature, which Romantic poets utilize to convey their overall message to their readers. Bryant is one of the first and most significant poets in America literature. He helps get the ball rolling for the Romantic period while acting as a standard for many aspiring poets for years to come. In his poem “Thanotopsis” Bryant nature, romantic, bryant, world, poets, poem, william, transformation, thanotopsis, one, message, literary, death, cullen, america, years, writings, writing, writes, writers’, woods, woman, while, washington, voice, visible, venerable, various, vales, utilize, time, though, theme, sun, stretching