American Romanticism and Transcendentalism (1800–1860)

1. Second Great Awakening reshapes U.S. religious culture

   Jan 1, 1795Labels: Second Great, Protestant Revival

   • Britannica

2. Irving’s *The Sketch Book* popularizes U.S. fiction

   Jun 23, 1819Labels: Washington Irving, The Sketch

   • Sketch Book

3. Cooper’s frontier romance *Mohicans* reaches readers

   Feb 4, 1826Labels: James Fenimore, The Last

   • Mohicans

4. Emerson publishes *Nature*, outlining Transcendentalism

   Sep 9, 1836Labels: Ralph Waldo, Nature essay

   • Cambridge
   • Emerson bio

5. Transcendental Club begins regular meetings in Boston

   Sep 19, 1836Labels: Transcendental Club, Ralph Waldo

   • Harvard Library
   • When Where

6. Hawthorne’s *Twice-Told Tales* defines moral romance

   Jan 1, 1837Labels: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Twice-Told Tales

   • Britannica

7. Emerson’s “Divinity School Address” sparks controversy

   Jul 15, 1838Labels: Divinity School, Ralph Waldo

   • Emerson Central
   • Harvard HDS

8. Poe collects Gothic tales in *Grotesque and Arabesque*

   Jan 1, 1840Labels: Edgar Allan, Tales of

   • Poe Society
   • TGA

9. *The Dial* launches as a Transcendentalist journal

   Jul 1, 1840Labels: The Dial, Margaret Fuller

   • The Dial

10. Thoreau’s “Resistance to Civil Government” is published

    Jan 1, 1849Labels: Henry David, Civil Disobedience

    • Digital Thoreau
    • Civil Disob

11. Hawthorne publishes *The Scarlet Letter*

    Mar 16, 1850Labels: The Scarlet, Nathaniel Hawthorne

    • Scarlet Letter

12. Melville publishes *Moby-Dick* in the United States

    Nov 14, 1851Labels: Moby-Dick, Herman Melville

    • Britannica
    • History com

13. Thoreau publishes *Walden* after years of revision

    Aug 9, 1854Labels: Walden, Henry David

    • History com
    • Huntington

14. Whitman’s *Leaves of Grass* signals a new literary era

    Jul 4, 1855Labels: Leaves of, Walt Whitman

    • Poets org
    • History com