One poet, Philip Freneau, incorporated the new stirrings of European Romanticism and escaped the imitativeness and vague universality of the Hartford Wits. The key to both his success and his failure was his passionately democratic spirit combined with an inflexible temper.

Concepts

romanticism

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Additional Tags

american history: poet of the american revolution: philip freneau (1752-1832), hartford wits, philip freneau, revolutionary period literature, revolutionary period literature/the age of reason

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Classroom Considerations

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Common Core

RI.11-12.9