Which author is NOT typically associated with American Romanticism?

Which author is NOT typically associated with American Romanticism?

• A. Washington Irving
• B. Charles Dickens
• C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• D. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Answer: (B)

American Romanticism centers on imagination, emotion, individualism, and a deep reverence for nature, often expressed through American landscapes, folklore, and explorations of moral and spiritual questions. Washington Irving is an early American Romantic who blends folklore with national themes; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow contributes lyric poetry and narratives that helped shape a distinctly American voice; Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolic, morally loaded fiction set in American settings, all characteristic of the movement. Charles Dickens is a British writer from the Victorian era, known for social critique and realism in urban England. His context and focus belong to a different literary tradition, so he is not typically associated with American Romanticism.

American Romanticism centers on imagination, emotion, individualism, and a deep reverence for nature, often expressed through American landscapes, folklore, and explorations of moral and spiritual questions. Washington Irving is an early American Romantic who blends folklore with national themes; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow contributes lyric poetry and narratives that helped shape a distinctly American voice; Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolic, morally loaded fiction set in American settings, all characteristic of the movement.

Charles Dickens is a British writer from the Victorian era, known for social critique and realism in urban England. His context and focus belong to a different literary tradition, so he is not typically associated with American Romanticism.