Watch this History of American Literature video entitled The American Renaissance to study the works of the Transcendentalists and other pre-eminent writers of the American Renaissance, including Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe. Learn about the literary contributions of Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris, and other writers who captured the flavor of a region through skilful dialogue and description.
Explore the works of the Transcendentalists and the other preeminent writers of the American Renaissance, including Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Edgar Alan Poe.