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Chapter Three American Romanticism （The most important period in the history of American literature. It stretches from the end of the 18th C throughout the outbreak of the Civil War.） I.Romanticism in England 1.It prevailed in England during the period (1798-1832). There are two schools of Romanticists: (1) passive or escapist These writers protested against capitalist development by turning to the feudal past, turning to nature for protection. (Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey) (2) active. They held out an ideal of a future society free from oppression and exploitation. (Byron, Shell