The Birth of American Literature - Final Escape

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Across
  1. 4. 9. Belief that each person’s intuition and independence matter most
  2. 6. 4. National literary identity that began developing strongly in the early 1800s
  3. 7. 3. A common theme in Edgar Allan Poe’s dark stories
  4. 8. 11. Emotional tone often present in Poe’s poetry and stories
  5. 10. 1. Transcendentalist writer who authored Self-Reliance
  6. 11. 8. Thoreau’s idea that citizens should resist unjust laws
Down
  1. 1. 6. Author of Walden
  2. 2. 2. Belief in the goodness of people and nature, common in Transcendentalist thought
  3. 3. 10. Famous setting from a Washington Irving story
  4. 5. 5. Central focus of Transcendentalist philosophy and many Romantic works
  5. 9. 7. Who wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”