Literary Movement
An American poet and newspaper editor William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) managed and helped introduce Europe
Romanticism into American poetry. As an editor, he won and made it into champion title in liberal causes. He was
one of the most influential and popular figures of mid-19th Century America.
The anti-Christian, stoic perspective on death that "Thanotopsis" has is arguably its most notable aspect. Death ends
life, and that's it. According to the poem, "Thine individual being, shalt thou go/ To mix forever with the elements/
To be a brother to the insensible rock/ And to the sluggish clod...," which was first published in 1817 and enjoyed
significant success, it was reprinted in 1821 in the final, revised form that is now known to us.
Royall Tyler
Following the American Revolution, writers began to develop a new identity, and Tyler, the first successful
American dramatist, and his play capture its formative stages by showcasing the introduction of “American”
characters and “American” settings to address contemporary issues for post-revolutionary citizens. Tyler’s creation
and use of character, context, and theatricality defines and illustrates the qualities of the emerging native tradition
and helps establish the new nation’s literary independence.
Developmental Significance
Tyler was instrumental in organizing the first international exhibition of Byzantine art in Paris in 1931. In the same
year, he became the League of Nations Financial Committee’s financial advisor to the Hungarian government in
Budapest. In 1938, Tyler was appointed as expert in the Economic and Financial Section of the League of Nations in
Geneva.