American Romanticism values ​​feeling, intuition, and individual freedom. The Romantic movement, which took place in the early 19th century, included literary elements that had never been seen in literature before. The primary characteristics of Romanticism are the valorization of feeling over intuition, the belief in inner experience and imagination, and the eschewing of the artificiality of society in favor of the beauty of nature. Early American literary works were composed primarily of folklore, politics, and religion. Romanticism was fueled by an appeal to the emotion and passion of humanity. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving is the story of the misadventures of a teacher in Sleepy Hollow, a town fascinated by the supernatural. The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allen Poe is the disturbing story of a man imprisoned by the Inquisition. Rappcini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the story of a girl marginalized by society because of her father's scientific work. Lenore by Edgar Allen Poe is the story of a grieving man who has recently lost a beloved woman. Poe's --- --. Ulalume: A Ballad is a poetic work about a man dealing with the pain of losing a loved one. All of these works include elements of entertainment, passion, personal experience, and some even fear that led to a shift in the paradigm of American literature. American romance appeals to humanity through the elements of passion, fear, and morality, which led to a paradigm shift in American literature. Passion is woven into several works of American Romanticism, as it has the ability to engage and endear the reader to a piece of poetry or prose. Passion is a strong, almost uncontrollable emotion. This emotion is seen... in the center of the card... science in Rappacini's daughter. A shift in the paradigm of American literature is presented with the advent of appeals to humans of passion, fear, and morality in American Romance. Passion, fear, and morality were not commonly discussed topics in early American literary works. However, the Romantic movement broke the taboo on these issues and began to speak of feeling as opposed to intuition, of the solemnity of the countryside as opposed to urban life, and of inner experience combined with imagination. Passion is seen in the poems Lenore and To -- -- --. Ulalume: a ballad by Edgar Allen Poe. Poe and Washington Irving incorporate fear into their works The Pit and the Pendulum and Sleepy Hollow. Nathaniel Hawthorne provides a moral argument in Rappacini's Daughter. American Romanticism is characterized by a shift in the content and paradigm of American literature.