This novel tells of the destruction of the Mohicans after the arrival of those pesky white settlers.

Off we go into the frontier in this tale about the country's westward expansion.

Emerson teaches us the importance of appreciating nature in this classic text.

Is the House of Usher haunted? Perhaps. We're not giving the ending away.

Emerson's first collection of essays teaches us all about "Self-Reliance."

Longfellow's poetry in this collection (and others) made him a household name during the Romantic age.

What's that beating under the floorboards? Is it a heart?

Another important collection of essays from the maestro of essay-writing.

How can we not take a peep at Polynesian life with a title like that?

Nowadays civil disobedience is a well-known political tactic. But it was Thoreau who first developed the idea.

What's the big deal about having an affair with a man you're not married to? Back in Puritan times, it was a very big deal.

The Pyncheon family is a greedy lot. But they pay for their sins in Hawthorne's famous novel.

What's that big white thing on the horizon? It's Moby-Dick, the white metaphor, er, whale!

We might want to follow Thoreau's example and go off into the wild after reading this book about his experiences in the woods of Massachusetts.

Thoreau rails against the Fugitive Slave Act in this essay.

This epic collection of poetry established Whitman as one of the greatest American poets of all time.

Hawthorne's romance focuses on a group of characters living in romantic Italy.

Whitman's collection of poetry takes the Civil War as its focus.

This big book will have us soaring over democratic vistas.

Dickinson hardly published any poems during her lifetime. Thankfully, her relatives and friends rescued her poetry from obscurity after her death.

This novella, published after Melville's death, is set on a ship. Boy, did Melville love his ships.

Gilmore's study situates American Romanticism within its political, cultural, and economic context. Totally useful reading.

Check out this book for a thorough overview of the American Romantic movement.

This study of Melville's epic novel is a great place to start to learn more about one of the most important works of American Romanticism… and literature in general.

We learned a lot about the most important figures in American Romanticism from this book.

Here you'll find introductions to all the masterpieces of the movement.