(1)American romanticism was in essence the expression of “a real new experience and contained “an alien quality” for the simple reason that “the spirit of the place” was radically new and (2)There is American Puritanism as a cultural heritage to American romantic authors tended more to Many American romantic writings intended to edify more than they (3)The “newness” of Americans as a nation is in connection with American R(4)As a logical result of the foreign and native factors at work， American romanticism was both imitative and (5)Romanticism frequently shared certain general characteristics， moral enthusiasm， faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perception， and a presumption that he natural world was a source of
