Dillon's+Romanticism+page

=Welcome to my Romanticism Page!= DIRECTIONS: 1. Fill the page with information, pictures, quotes about Romanticism.

2. Here is suggested list of topics to google:RIGHT CLICK ON THE GOOGLE ICON AND CHOOSE OPEN A NEW PAGE
 * American Romanticism, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Transcendentalism, Walden, Washington Irving

3. Your page must have three of the following:

3 relevant pictures

3 quotes from stories we read in class (you can look in the book, or type titles on good and the stories often come up...then you can cut and paste a favorite sentence)

3 facts about any of the Romanticism authors

3 facts about Romanticism (from your notes, the book, or a website)

4. To get started, click EDIT THIS PAGE on the top of this page. The page will then be a document for you to type. Google is in the navigation bar, so that you can quickly access google. Remember to RIGHT CLICK on google link and "open a new page" Also, remember to SAVE (top right) every time you change something. Go below this line and start us off!**

AMERICAN ROMANTICISM!



__Walt Whitman__**-He was born in New York Long Island, then died in Camden,New Jersey. He had many jobs he was a office boy, typesetter, teacher, carpenter, newspaper editor, Journalist. Nurse, Government Clerk these were the many jobs he has had but he is best known for what he has published he made Leaves Of Grass which was a collection of poems. When he first published it first no one liked it so he published it himself but now these days its one of the most important work in American Poetry.**

__Quote__**-"The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering"-Song of Myself -By Walt Whitman**

__Henry David Thoreau-__ **He was Born in Concord., Massachusetts. Graduated from harvard at the age of 20 he was a non comformist because he refused to do lots of stuff like dress code and taxes or punish a student because he was a teacher when he graduated. He was a social activist against slavery and war. He lived in a cabin right next to a pond in the woods by himself. He did because he was trying to free himself of materialism but was eventualy arrested for not paying taxes and liveing freely. Hs work was Walden and Civil Disobedience.

** __Ralph Waldo Emerson__- **He was born in oston his father died amd his mother took care of 5 boys including him. He entered harvard at the age of 14. He was a teacher then a Minister he left that behinfd because of doubts and the published an essay that outlines the impotance of an individual called Self Reliance.**

__Quote__**-"Every sweet has its sour; every evil is good"**