LITR 5535: American
Romanticism
Index to Student Midterm Submissions 2006
copy of midterm assignment Develop an aspect of one
of the course objectives. Describe
how two or three early American texts from our assigned readings through Cooper
exemplify the development of an aspect of Romanticism and how their
contributions converge in The Last of the
Mohicans, making it a classic or normative text of American Romanticism.
Kristen Bird, "The
Idealization and Heroism of Women in Romantic Literature"
Andrew Coleman, "The
American Romantic Spirit: Man
Becoming a Part of Nature"
Angela Douglas, "The
Spirit of the True American Romantic Heroine"
Devon Kitch, "The
Romanticized American Identity: Moral / Spiritual vs. Sensory / Materialistic"
Gordon Lewis, "The
Romantic Spirit of America"
Sharon Lockett, "The
Sublime: A Coveted Escape from
Reality"
Leigh Ann Moore, "The
American Gothic"
Aaron Morris, "Encountering
the Sublime Wilderness"
Diane Palmer, "Breaking
the Mold: Romanticism and the Creation of the Super Mom"
Corey Porter, "Eighteen
of Nineteen: How Cooper Fails to Express the Sublimity of Nature"
Crystal Reppert, "Romanticism
as Racial Justification"
Jo Lynn Sallee, "Desire
and Loss Portrayed Through the Timeless Language of Nature"
Tish Wallace, "Gothic
Wilderness: An Analogy to American Experience"
Chris Wissel, "Reason
is Not Enough: Romanticism's Emergence in Colonial America"
Bill Wolfe, "A
Unique Canvas: The American Romantic Landscape"
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