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The time period during the colonization of the america's where many aspects of culture and literature were largely the same European Culture.
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Early Colonel Literature written by Mary Rowland that tells the story of early native america and colonist's rising tensions.
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Early romantic writer Washington Irving is born. He will study law before becoming an author, and he will live until 1859.
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Around 1800, a literary movement called romanticism begins in Western Europe
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The figure head for American Romantic Literature is born in Boston, Massachusetts. He will be remembered for his extensive collection of short stories, and influencing the thriller and detective genres. He will die in 1849.
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One of the early examples of romanticism is published based off of old German folklore.
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Romanticism begins to become very popular in America, so much so that a new style of romanticism was created: American Romanticism
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Cooper begins short stories romanticizing the american frontier and wilderness.
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Late American Romanticism work that portrayed the hardships of slavery. It shows what romanticism was transitioning into
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The conflict between the north united states (Union) and south (Confederacy) breaks out into civil war. This effectively ends American Romanticism in turn for a more realistic style of literature called realism and naturalism
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After the civil war the writing style emerged, likely due to the hardships of war. It went back to a Non-fiction writing style and told stories of the war.