Alexa's+Romanticism+page

=Welcome to my Romanticism Page!=

= = Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo, & Henry David Thoreau

Facts About Allan Poe 1] Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts 2] Poe was brought up partly in England [1815-1829], where he attended Manor School at Stoke Newington. 3] In 1836 Poe married his 13-year-old cousin Virginia Cemm.

Facts About Romanticism 1] Romanticism can be viewed as an artisic movement or state of mind. 2] It Favors imagination over reason, intuition, over facts. 3] Romanticism talks about the natural man and the loss of innocence.

Quotes From Dr. Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1] "I am desirous of your assistance in one of those little experiments with which I amuse myself here in my study." 2] "Drink, then," said teh doctor, bowing: "I rejoice that I have so well selected the subjects of my experiment." 3] "The doctor's four guests snatched their glasses from the table, and swallowed the contents at a single gulp."

My Favorite Sentence
 * The crushed and dried petals stirred,... as if the flowers were reviving from a death-like slumber.