What are central ideas in "The American Romantics v. the
American Realists"?
Select the two correct answers.
American Romantics tried to be individualistic by
O writing solemn and mysterious stories that ended in
death.
American Romantic writers tried to create a new
identity for a new nation through an optimistic focus
on the natural new world.
American Romantic writers wanted to set
themselves apart from previous movements by
embracing freedom and individual feelings over
tradition
American Romantic writers bept a focus on family
and tradition in their writing, idealizing the war effort
through images like the U.S.S. Constitution