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Comparing The Raven, And The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, By Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The Romantic Age was a period between 1820 and 1865 where many writers began to stray from European models. They began to write with their own beliefs and views of life. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Washington Irving are all authors from this age. Literary works such as "Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment" by Hawthorne, "The Raven" by Poe, and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Irving are representative of their literary age because they employ numerous Romantic age characteristics. "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne has many Romantic ideals present within. Hawthorne's use of supernatural mysterious objects and idealistic views throughout the story are noticeable characteristics in this literary work. As Hawthorne describes

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