The Cask of Amontillado | Social Sensitivity
In the first half of the nineteenth century there was a great call for Americans to develop a national literature, by which was meant a body of works written by Americans, published by Americans, and dealing with particularly American characters, locales, and themes. The United States was still a young country, and most American readers and writers looked to Europe for great books and great authors, as well as for literary forms and themes. In 1837 Ralph Waldo Emerson gave an influential address titled "The American Scholar," in which he called upon Americans to combine the best of...
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