A novel genre aimed at making the reader feel sentimental and nostalgic towards the past. 

A novel genre aimed at eliciting an emotional response from the reader by denouncing domestic and family values, and putting the characters into unrealistic situations. 

A novel genre aimed at making the reader feel compassion and tenderness towards a particular character or a group of characters surviving trying circumstances. 

a story imported from Europe and adjusted to the Native American context

a romantic love story dramatizing the lives of the Delaware characters 

a long narrative poem relying upon Native American mythology presented via the format of a Finnish epic

The Atlantic Quarterly

The Atlantic

The Atlantic Monthly

When Lilacs Last In the Dooryard Bloom'd, Mars, Outre-Mer

Voices of the Night, Hyperion, Tales of a Wayside Inn

Children of the Night, Ballads and Other Poems, Poems on Slavery

was A. Lincoln's most favourite novel

was pure fiction, written without any historic background

was accompanied by a volume of documents substantiating its realism.

A.J. Ryan, Ph. Freneau

P.H Hayne, S. Lanier

W. Whitman, H. Timrod

a politician

a poet

an editor

the realistic novel, ode, satire, religious tract

the sentimental novel, lyrical poem, narrative poem, political address

the romance, epic poem, sonnet, political tract

Emily Dickinson

Harriet Stowe

Louisa Alcott

a group of editors, writers, poets and intellectuals, promoting European values and traditions 

a group of political writers supporting the abolition of slavery

a group of New England writers supporting the establishment of purely American tradition in literature