Romantic Race and Ethnicity

Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright who was a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He was known for his abolitionist views and his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", which celebrates the resilience and strength of African Americans.

François-René de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, and diplomat who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his novel "Atala", which features a tragic love story between a Native American woman and a French soldier.

Robert Southey was an English poet, historian, and biographer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "The Curse of Kehama", which features a Hindu setting and characters.

James Fenimore Cooper was an American writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his novel "The Last of the Mohicans", which features a Native American protagonist named Chingachgook.

Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "The Revolt of Islam", which features a biracial protagonist named Laon.

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his novel "The Marble Faun", which features an American sculptor named Donatello who falls in love with a young Italian woman named Miriam.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "The Song of Hiawatha", which features a Native American protagonist named Hiawatha.

Herman Melville was an American writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his novel "Moby-Dick", which features a whaling ship captain named Ahab who is obsessed with hunting down a white whale named Moby-Dick.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", which features a sailor who is cursed to wander the earth and tell his tale of woe.

Mary Shelley was an English writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. She was known for her novel "Frankenstein", which features a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "Kubla Khan", which features a vision of a pleasure dome in Xanadu.

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his novel "The Scarlet Letter", which features a young woman named Hester Prynne who is forced to wear a scarlet letter "A" on her chest as a punishment for adultery.

John Keats was an English poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "Ode to a Nightingale", which celebrates the beauty of a nightingale's song.

Emily Brontë was an English writer who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. She was known for her novel "Wuthering Heights", which features a passionate and destructive love story between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.

Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English poet who was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement. He was known for his poem "Ode to Psyche", which celebrates the beauty and power of love.