(1) Political background and economic development movement in European countries Derivative foreign influence 2. features manticism was in essence the expre of※ a real ney experience and contained an alien qualitys for the simple reason that xthe spirit of the places was radically new and alien (2) There is American Puritanism as a cultural heritage to consider American romantic authors tended more to moralize. Many American romantic writings intended to edify more than they entertained (3) The xnewnesss of Americans as a nation is in connection with American Romanticism (4)As a logical result of the foreign and native factors at work, American romanticism was both imitative and independent Ⅲl. Washington Irving 1. several names attached to Irving (1) first American writer (2) the messenger sent from the new world to the old world (3) father of American literature 2.life 3. works (1) A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty5 （1）Political background and economic development （2）Romantic movement in European countries Derivative foreign influence 2.features （1）American romanticism was in essence the expression of ※a real new experience and contained ※an alien quality§ for the simple reason that ※the spirit of the place§ was radically new and alien. （2）There is American Puritanism as a cultural heritage to consider. American romantic authors tended more to moralize. Many American romantic writings intended to edify more than they entertained. （3）The ※newness§ of Americans as a nation is in connection with American Romanticism. （4）As a logical result of the foreign and native factors at work, American romanticism was both imitative and independent. III. Washington Irving 1.several names attached to Irving （1）first American writer （2）the messenger sent from the new world to the old world （3）father of American literature 2.life 3.works （1）A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty