There Affect Then and Now

Despite the fact that Romantic Authors wrote over 200 years ago, many of the ideas they believed in and elements the used are still found in every day life today. The ideas of the importance of nature, self-reliance, and imagination have had a huge influence on my life and on many other people in society today, just as it did on the romantic writers.

The theme of nature importance in romantic literature is a huge one. Many of the stories and poems of this time period talk about nature as being a way to get in touch with God or talk about nature being pure. Some books, like Walden, are based on these ideas. Emerson talks about this in his essay "From Nature" when he says, "To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature." This quote shows how many...