Literature of the American Renaissance 1800-1870 by Odilia

Arianna Cavazos/ The Raven

2013-09-12 17:13:01 UTC

The Raven is a movie based on a killer who is inspired by the collection of short horror stories & poems written by Edgar Allen Poe (who was a well known author during the American Renaissance era).

Arianna Cavazos/ Emily Dickinson

2013-09-12 21:54:27 UTC

Emily Dickinson was an American poet, born in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was quite lonely and it seems like she suffered from depression.

Arianna Cavazos/ Edgar Allan Poe

odiliamedina — 2013-09-16 16:40:20 UTC

Edgar Allan Poe had a troubled childhood. He was born to David and Elizabeth Poe. Edgar had two siblings, Henry and Rosalie, who were all separated when Elizabeth passed. Henry went with his grandparents, Rosalie went with another family and Edgar was adopted by Mr. & Mrs. John Allan. When Poe was 6 he went to school in England for 5 years. He became trilingual and excelled in school. He returned to America and continued with his studies at the University of Virginia at the age of 17. Less than a year later he had to quit school due to debt and heavy drinking. He then entered the army at age 18. He continued earning the title sergeant major. His adopted mother died 2 years later and his step father tried to play nice. After a while his father refused to send him money in west point. Then he did whatever he could to get dismissed from the army. He succeeded then started submitting some of his work. They published his work and he eventually got a job as a newspaper editor. He continued writing throughout his life. On September 27 he left Richmond for New York and stayed in Philadelphia with a friend by the name of James P. Moss. Then on September 30, 1849 he got on a train to Baltimore mistaking it for a train to New York. On October 3, 1849 Poe was found at Gunner's hall and was taken to the hospital. He was passing in and out of consciousness and was never able to explain what happened. He then died on October 7, 1849.

Selina cardoza/Nathaniel Hawthorne

2013-09-16 16:46:15 UTC

One of his most famous works was "twice-told tales " this won him critical regard but sold poorly

Selina Cardoza / Nathaniel Hawthorne

2013-09-16 16:58:11 UTC

Sometimes called an "anti-transcendentalits" Nathaniel hawthorn admired transcendental its like Ralph waldo Emerson but could not adopt their optimistic world view.he believed that evil was a powerful force in the world , a sentiment that infuses most of his fiction.

Joanna Guerrero/ Ralph Waldo Emerson

2013-09-16 16:59:35 UTC

The Transcendentalist Movement produced two major books, one of which is Emerson's Nature (1836). According to Emerson, the human mind is so powerful it can unlock any mystery, from the intricacies of nature to the wonder of God.

Joanna Guerrero/ Henry David Thoreau

2013-09-16 17:10:40 UTC

The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance.

Zaisha Garcia

2013-09-17 14:03:12 UTC

Anita loredo / Walter Whitman

2013-09-17 14:05:15 UTC

Walter "Walt" Whitman was born in may 31 1819 he was the second son of Walter Whitman, a house builder and Louisa van velsor there was nine kids in that house his family lived in Brooklyn and Long Island in the 1820-1830s Whitman worked as a printer in New York City, 1836 at the age of 17 began his career as a teacher in a one-room school he contained teaching until 1841 where he turned to journalism as a new career, 1855 Whitman took out a copyright on the first eidtion of leaves of grass

Gabriela Rodriguez /Henry David Thoreau

2013-09-17 14:06:59 UTC

Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist.

Zaisha Garcia

2013-09-17 14:09:51 UTC

Gabriela Rodriguez /nathaniel Hawthorne

2013-09-17 14:16:40 UTC

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning.

Zaisha Garcia

2013-09-17 14:23:38 UTC