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4 The Romantic period of American literature I. Fill in the blanks. 1. In the early 19th century Rip Van Winkle had established __________’s reputation at home and abroad, and designated the beginning of American Romanticism. 2. Emerson’s first book in 1836____brought American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England Transcendentalism. 3. In the early 19th century, Washington Irving wrote ___which became the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic. 4. In 1828, _____published his An American Dictionary of the English language. 5.