The Dark Romantics: Poe, Hawthorne, And Melville

Part I of Essay
The Romantic period (1750-1870) was a time characterized by reliance on the imagination, freedom of thought and expression, and an “idealization of nature,” Along with this came a sense of romantic melancholy, and a feeling that change was indefinite and “a way of life was ....

Part II of Essay
.... jobs placed him in a world where only him and his writing existed. It is no wonder that his death still be so feared. The way he wrote of it will allow him to haunt the earth forever. Ironically enough his rationalistic views still created some reality and scientific truth within his writing. For example, in The Fall of the House of Usher the main character suffers from a strange mental disorder that was actually a real proven case. No matter how much the critics lash out at Poe’s life his writing will still express the work of a true gen ....