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Romantics
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11th Grade
12/02/2009

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Emerson
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Unitarian Minister & starter of transcandentalism.
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Emerson
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Thoreau's mentor and had 1000's speeches including some on Lyceam Mvmt.
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Emerson
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Works included Nature and Self-Reliance
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Thoreau
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Naturalist who knew everything about nature and moved to Walden Park
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Thoreau
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He was a big protestor//rebel. Didn't pay poll tax to show his disproval of Mexican War.
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Thoreau
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Abolishionist following John Brown who inspired Ghandi and MLK
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Melville
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Everything related to the seas. Worked on a ship. College was a ship
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Melville
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Wrote Moby dick and fictional stories of natives on an island
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Melville
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Was Hawthorne's BFF ;)
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Hawthorne
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Wrote the Scarlett letter and was called NExt Shakespeare by Melville
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HAwthorne
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was a friend of Longfellow and PRes Pierce who got him a job in a customs house
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Hawhtorne
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G-pa was a judge in witch trials, added W to his name to seperate him form him.
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Poe
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PArents died young, were actors got adopted
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Poe
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married hi 13 year old cousin and wrote Anabell Lee and Raven
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Poe
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wrote the 1st detective story
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