Suzanne'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!

EDGAR ALLAN POE!

He was born on January 19,1809 in Boston,Massachusetts. He was born as Edgar Poe. His parents died when he was young so he was taken in by John and Frances Allan in Richmond, Virginia. He later took the name Allan as a middle name. He started his career but writing Tamerlane and other poems(1827). In 1835 he married his 13 year old cousin Virginia Clemm. In January 1845 Poe published his poem "The Raven". His wife died of tuberculosis two years after. On October 7, 1849 Poe died at the age of 40. His death was unknown but was contributed to many different things.

Facts about Romanticism:
 * There were two sides of Romanticism the light side and the dark side.
 * The light side consisted of Emerson, Thoreau
 * The dark side consisted of Edgar Allan Poe, Nathanial Hawthorne

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