Discuss one major theme ( nature as a symbol of the divine, the role of the poet, the evolutionary form of poetry, conformity vs individuality) in the work of one pre-1800’s writer and one post-1800’s writer.

Below is the full list of works that we have covered in class please choose 2 from these. please DO NOT choose from author’s that have “all sections” unless if a specific work is written beside it. I am not to sure on which ones are pre and post 1800, I am hoping you might know that.. the essay needs to be 400-450 words. thanks
–What is ‘American’ literature?
–Norton, Vol. A,
–Beginnings to 1700, (3-21)
–John Smith, “The General History of Virginia”, “Description of New England”
(81-93), (93-99)
–William Bradford, “Of Plymouth Plantation” (121-156)
–Thomas Morton, “New English Canaan” (157-164)
–Anne Bradstreet, All Selections (207-238), focus on “Contemplations” (215-222)
–Mary Rowlandson, “Narrative of Captivity” (256-288)
American Literature 1700—1820 (365-378)
–Jonathan Edwards, “Personal Narrative” (396-408), “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (430-441)
–Benjamin Franklin, “Autobiography” (480-595)
–Phillis Wheatly, All Selections (763-774)
Norton, Vol. B
–American Literature, 1820-1860, (3-24)
–Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle” (25-40)
–Catharine Maria Sedgwick, “Hope Leslie” (86-106)
–Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry: “Sonnet—To Science,” “To Helen,” “The City in the Sea,” “Israfel,” “Alone,” “Ulalume,” “Annabel Lee” (629-729)
Criticism: “The Philosophy of Composition,” “The Poetic Principle” (629-729)
–Edgar Allan Poe
Fiction: “Ligeia,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “William Wilson,” “The Purloined Letter” (629-729)
–Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nature” (211-242), “The Poet” (295-310), “Experience” (310-325)
–Frederick Douglas, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” (1251-1254)
–Harriet Jacobs, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” (920-942)
–William Wells Brown, “Clotel” (948-960)
–Nathaniel Hawthorne, “My Kinsman, Major Molineux,” “The May-Pole of Merry Mount,” “The Minister’s Black Veil,” “The Birth-Mark” (369-429)
–Herman Melville, “Hawthorne and His Mosses” (1424-1439), “Moby-Dick” (1440-1483)
Walt Whitman, “Leaves of Grass” (1310-1374)
-Walt Whitman, “Leaves of Grass” (1310-1374), “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” (1387-1392)
Emily Dickinson, All Selections (1659-1704)
Emily Dickinson, All Selections (1659-1704)