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Please help in distinguishing the artistic links in the photographers of the American West.

The influences of Romanticism on the mythologizing and chronicling of the American Old West.

Discuss the ways in which the stories and myths of American expansionism are captured in literature as well as in paintings, photographs, and films? Identify the influences of "the Romantic spirit."

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As you discuss the ways in which the stories and myths of American expansionism are captured in photographs, you might cite how the influences of "the Romantic spirit" are present in these works. For example, I see the photographs as resonating with rugged individualism and a sense of freedom. They are also very ...

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