s,includingEzraPoundandCarlSandburg.Puritanism:ThewordisoriginallyusedtorefertothetheoryadvocatedbyapartywithintheChurchofEngland.ItisalsousedtorefertoattitudesandvaluesconsideredcharacteristicsofthePuritans.Itdenotesarigidmoral,orthecondemnationofinnocentpleasure,orreligiousnarrownessadheredbytheearlyNewEnglandPuritans.ItexertedgreatinfluenceoverAmericanRomanticism.upationwiththeCalvinistviewoforiginalsinandthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksbysuchfamouswritersasHawthorneandMelville.FillintheblanksIntheearly19thcenturyRipVanWinkleestablishedWashingtonIrving’sreputationathomeandabroad,anddesignedthebeginningofAmericanRomanticism.RalphWaldoEmerson’sfirstbookin1836NaturebroughtAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,thephaseofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.Intheearly19thcentury,essonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.