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Today, people would relate it with love and romance, h Romanticism is actually a style of literature that emphasizes imagination and emotions. It flourished in Europe and America throughout the 18th and 19th century and began after the French Revolution in 1789. It was used by many authors and poets, such as W assonating Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, and William Culled Bryant. Romanticism writers glorified Nat ere, idealized the past, and celebrated the divinity of creation and mystery.
Washington Irving was a Romantic writer in the asses. He was the first America an writer to achieve an international reputation. He was the youngest writer at this Tim e, being published at the age of 16. Irving based most of his works on German folk tales and used s attire in one of his most famous folk tales, “The Devil and Tom Walker. ” In, “The Devil and Tom Walker,” Irving uses Romantic qualities such as, aware news of the past, nature, supernatural element, and mystery. He creates the setting at the beginning of the story using nature and then uses awareness of the past to show what time the story is taking place in.
Then, he uses mystery by making the reader use their imagination as to w here Tom Walker’s wife went and uses supernatural element with the devil. He creates the plot a ND other details by using these Romanticism qualities. Irving writes about good versus evil or in this case, the Devil versus God. In the is story, Tom Walker represents greed and teaches people to not be greedy. Irving ma ekes the reader realize that people do anything they can to become rich and have money. In t his case, Tom Walker sold his soul to the devil for money, but after he had what he wanted,