1. 1800-1860 We will walk with our own feet We will work with our own hands We will speak our own minds -Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. Values feeling and intuition over reason Finds beauty and truth in exotic locals, the supernatural realm, and the inner world of the imagination Popular authors of period: Washington Irving, Ralph Emerson, David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathanial Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and others.

3. Explored conflicts between good and evil, psychological effects of guilt and sin, and madness It has been suggested that Dark Romantics present individuals as prone to sin and self-destruction, not as inherently possessing wisdomsinself-destructionwisdom Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two examples of Dark Romantics.

5. Overview of Romanticism Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” and “Tell-Tale Heart” Selected poems by Walt Whitman and Emily Dickenson