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Of all American novelists before 1830, only successfully used the national heritage as a literary theme.
Before 1830, most American novelists imitated writers, though none approached the popularity of that nation's novelists.
, a mystical, intuitive way of looking at life, represented the fullest expression of early nineteenth century romanticism.
Henry David Thoreau spent two years living alone in a cabin at to prove that an individual need not depend on society for a satisfying existence.
, author of The Raven, was early nineteenth century America's master of the horror story
Herman Melville's most famous work, dealt with the problems of good and evil, courage, faith, and pride.
The most romantic and distinctively American writer of the early nineteenth century was the poet, .
, the early nineteenth century South's most prolific romantic author, was at his best when he was writing about frontier life.
Charles Bulfinch's style of architecture flourished in the North in the early nineteenth century, but the Greek style was particularly popular in the South.
The school of artists focused on representing America's natural landscape in a grand fashion.
By the 1850s, every state outside the provided free elementary schools and supported teacher training schools.
Mutual improvement societies known as founded libraries, sponsored lectures, and lobbied for better education in early-nineteenth-century America.
College admitted women in 1837, the first American college to do so.
, who calculated the position of a new comet in 1847, was the best known woman scientist in early nineteenth century America.
's opposition to the Mexican War was reflected in his writing by the fictional character, Hosea Biglow, who believed that the war was intended to conquer new territories for the expansion of slavery.
