Walt Whitman and American Romanticism: Poetry and Identity
No other period in English literature displays more variety in style, theme, and content than the Romantic Movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Furthermore, no period has been the topic of so much disagreement and confusion over its defining principles and aesthetics. Romanticism is often described as a large network of sometimes competing philosophies, agendas, and points of interest. These philosophies are often very contentious and controversial, as is the case with Walt Whitman. In England, Romanticism had its greatest influence from the end of the eighteenth century up through about 1870. Its primary vehicle of expression was in poetry, although novelists adopted many of the same themes. In America, the Romantic Movement was slightly delayed and modulated.
Berlin and New York City: Art, Culture, and Urban Identity
This paper examines Berlin, Germany and New York City, New York during the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. Art that came out of the different cities showed the psychological and sociological differences of the cities. German artwork was more focused on the people while American art looked at the accomplishments of people in architecture and other forms.