first American writer who received international fame	Washington Irving
prosperous merchant family in New York	Washington Irving
had a debut by contributing 9 essays to the Morning Chronicle newspaper	Washington Irving
in 1804 left for Europe	Washington Irving
altogether he spent 1/3 of his life in Europe	Washington Irving
in 1806 he returned home	Washington Irving
began to publish Salmagundi	Washington
a series of satirical essays concerned with New York society	Salmagundi
went to England and remained there for 17 years	Washinton Irving
1830 a medal from a Royal society of a literature	Washington Irving
1831 honorary decorate at Oxford	Washington Irving
creater of a myth of the American West	James Fenimore Cooper
best known for his narratives about the American frontier	James Fenimore Cooper
founding father of the American historical novel	James Fenimore Coooper
helped to develop and popularise sea novel, novel of manners, political satire and allegory	James Fenimore Coooper
born in New Jersey and grew up in Cooperstown	James Fenimore Coooper
educated at local school in Albany	James Fenimore Coooper
went to Yale but spent only 2 years and was expelled	James Fenimore Coooper
served at sea for 5 years	James Fenimore Coooper
challenged by wife wrote sea novel	James Fenimore Coooper
leading American poet of the earlier half of the 19th century	William Cullen Bryant
spent most of his adult life as a newspaper editor in New York City	William Cullen Bryant
most of his best poetry written while he was 40	William Cullen Bryant
deliberate artist (wszystko przemyśli nim zrobi)	Edgar Allan Poe
tales of mystery and macabre	Edgar Allan Poe
inventor of detective fiction genre	Edgar Allan Poe
born in Boston and orphaned at the age of 2	Edgar Allan Poe
went to University of Virginia in 1826 and soon quit because of debts	Edgar Allan Poe
served in army for 2 years	Edgar Allan Poe
entered Military Academy and then was expelled	Edgar Allan Poe
wrote short stories for financial reasons	Edgar Allan Poe
became editor of the Southern Literary Messenger	Edgar Allan Poe
he had drinking problems	Edgar Allan Poe
marry his aunt's daughter who was 13 at the time	Edgar Allan Poe
went to Philadelphia (most fruitful time in his career)	Edgar Allan Poe
depression, poverty and temporary mental instability	Edgar Allan Poe
attempted suicide	Edgar Allan Poe
death &beauty&alienation&deception	Edgar Allan Poe
man driven by two powerful impulses: heart and mind	Nathaniel Hawthorne
concerned with morality	Nathaniel Hawthorne
haunted by the past	Nathaniel Hawthorne
his greatness recognized after his death	Herman Melville
pessimistic	Herman Melville
left school at the age of 15	Herman Melville
at 19 sailed to Liverpool as cabin boy	Herman Melville
18-month voyage in the South Seas, Tahiti, Honolulu	Herman Melville
criticism of missionaries	Herman Melville
antislaver writer	Harriet Beecher Stowe
appeal to female readers	Harriet Beecher Stowe
slavery destroys family and is a sin	Harriet Beecher Stowe
first truly American thinker	Ralph Waldo Emerson
to experience the union with nature we must be separated from the distractions	Ralph Waldo Emerson
nature means morality, nature is product of spirit	Ralph Waldo Emerson
edited Transcendentalists' magazine "The Dial"	Margaret Fuller
challenges gender stereotypes	Margaret Fuller
wrote to inspire,liberate,transform	Henry David Thoreau
Walden, a record of 2 years spent out of civilisation	Henry David Thoreau