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时期流派作家名代表作作品细节Romanticism1820-1865RomanticismWashington Irving(a minister in Spain in 1841)The Life of George Washington 859Last work. publish before his death, the fifth volume. biographyThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow Gothic literature. These two stories are from The Sketch Book 1820, which talked about the charm of English life and manners.Pip Van Winkle Bracebridge HallWere almost as popular as his first great success.见闻札记Tales of a TravelerRomanticismJames Fenimore CooperThe first great Am. Novelist(entered Yale at 13)Cooper had been hasty and careless about details写作时他作品中的女性都是扁平性人物并且都一样，as James Russell put it. Precaution 1820他本来不会写东西，但出人意料地真的写出了一部小说且出版The Spy 1821Harvey Birch在American Revolution时作为特工的故事 The Pilot 1823 用到了他在海上的经历 使他成为an early creator of sea storiesThe Pioneers 1823根据他曾经在frontier settlement的生活经历创作系列名：The Leatherstocking Series, 名字来源于their frontiersman hero, Natty Bumppo. 系列讲述了Natty Bumppo从青年到老年的故事，阅读顺序为5,2,4,1,3The Last of the Mohicans 1826 The Prairie 1827The Pathfinder 1840The Deerslayer 1841Fireside poetsWilliam Cullen BryantThe first Am. eminent poet后在New York Evening Post工作Thanatopsis 死亡观 1817发表在 North American Review，他父亲投的稿To a Waterfowl 1818做律师养活自己,上班的路上可以看到水鸟. English author Matthew Arnold: the most perfect brief poem in the language Fireside poetsHenry Wadsworth Longfellow第一个获the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey的美国诗人Evangeline 1847他将外国诗的forms引进美国. These two long narrative poems follow European forms but treat American legends.The Song of Hiawatha 1855A Psalm of Life 1838Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!Dark romanticismEdgar Allan PoeHis contribution: exploration of the dark side of human nature, his creation of incidents and symbols The Murders in the Rue MorgueDetective storiesinspired the creation of Sherlock HolmesThe Mystery of Marie Roget The Purloined LetterThe Fall of the House of UsherHis best gothic talesThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Cask of AmontilladoWilliam WilsonThe Philosophy of CompositionAn essay. It