IV. American Literature and Arts. A. An American Culture Develops 1.American themes were developed by writers such as Washington Irving and James Fennimore.

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IV. American Literature and Arts

A. An American Culture Develops 1.American themes were developed by writers such as Washington Irving and James Fennimore Cooper 2.Transcendentalism stressed nature over material wealth; emotion over reason 3.Led by Ralph Waldo Emerson, transcendentalists stressed the importance of each individual (individualism)

A. An American Culture Develops 1.American themes were developed by writers such as Washington Irving and James Fennimore Cooper 2.Transcendentalism stressed nature over material wealth; emotion over reason 3.Led by Ralph Waldo Emerson, transcendentalists stressed the importance of each individual (individualism) 4.Henry David Thoreau encouraged people to live simply and civil disobedience

B. Flowering of American Literature  Herman Melville- Moby Dick  Nathaniel Hawthorne- The Scarlet Letter  Louisa May Alcott- Little Women  Poets such as Walt Whitman and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote of American themes and history

C. Art and Music  The Hudson River School focused on painting landscapes and natural scenes

C. Art and Music  George Caleb Bingham became famous for his paintings depicting everyday life