Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 13

Short Answer

Please define the following key terms.
-calendars

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Definitions:

Herman Melville

An American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period best known for his novel "Moby-Dick."

Minstrelsy

Entertainment, popular in the 19th century, involving performers in blackface portraying caricatures of African American people and culture.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

An American novelist and short story writer, known for his dark romanticism and works like "The Scarlet Letter".

Romanticism

A cultural movement that emphasized emotion, individualism, and the glorification of all the past and nature, rejecting the Industrial Revolution.