Lecture4RomanticismIrvingandCooperRomanticismIWanderedLonelyasaCloudW.WordsworthCharacteristicsofEnglishRomanticism:HistoricalBackground:p.52TheLouisianaPurchaseTheLouisianaPurchaseLiteraryCharacteristics:P.55Transcendentalism:p.56Transcendentalism:romanticidealism,philosophicalromanticismMoreabouttranscendentalism:WashingtonIrving(1783-1859)Lifeandworks:WashingtonIrvingWashingtonIrvingAppreciationofRipVanWinkleAnalysisofthethemeTheLegendofSleepyHollow:p.67JamesFCooper(1789-1851)Lifeandworks:p.104Works:MajorThemesinCooper'sWriting