What I want to know about my topic

While conducting this research, there are many things I would like to know about my topic. The essential question of my research is "What is American Romanticism?" There are more specific questions following this question such as 1. What authors were considered romantic? 2. What literary novels were published during this time period? 3. What literary poems were published during this time period? 4. How was a literature defined during this time period? 5. What prompted this style of writing?