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William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant publishes "Thanatopsis." In this poem, he compares Nature to a mirror that reflects his many moods. -
Washington Irving
Washington Irving publishes "The Sketch Book." -
Noah Webster
Noah Webster publishes a landmark dictionary of American English. -
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson publishe his first collection of essays, including "Self-Reliance." -
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe publishes "The Raven and Other Poems." -
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes "The Scarlet Letter." -
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman publishes the first edition of his book of poems, "Leaves of Grass." -
Emily Dickinson
Emiy Dickinson begins to copy her poems into bound booklets.
