Romanticism throughout history, describes a period that connected certain human thought and behavior to individuals and cultures. Rather than analysis and reason, it is a period full of imagination and insight. It is a period that explores a world that is in hope of finding acceptance and new ideas. Henry David Thoreau and Edgar Allen Poe are two relatively well-known authors during the Romanticism period. Thoreau’s life, in particular, constantly remains in search for truth, beauty, and understanding for a better life for mankind. His beliefs of society, government, and mankind while living under his own disapprobation led to some of his greatest works in lit