Isolation and Madness in American Romantic Literature
Words: 904 Pages: 3 6539In American Romantic and Transcendental literature, the themes of isolation and insanity are intricately woven into the fabric of many seminal works. This exploration of the human condition is poignantly illustrated in the writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman. These themes, while often overlapping, embody distinct emotional landscapes. The sense of loneliness can occur even amidst company, whereas being alone is a physical state. Insanity, on the other hand, often emerges […]
