American Literary Periods

The colonial period is a time of Conservative life's where the people were Quakers and very religious while the romantics were free and very focused non conformity and also were essay writers. Transcendentalism characteristics is having different thinking and views and not conforming and also self reliance, spirituality, and a indwelling god. The historical context effected the literature because history has a lot to do with the writing by creating a setting of emotions and common situations.