The Literature of the Early to Mid-Nineteenth Century, writing homework help

Recallfrom the summary of The Literature of the Early to Mid-NineteenthCentury: [i]maginative literature became intense, personal, andsymbolicwriters of gothic terror novels sought to arouse in theirreaders a turbulent sense of the remote, the supernatural, and theterrifying by describing castles and landscapes illuminated by themoonlight and haunted by specters. (378-9)Theexplanation continues and implies that terror and darkness aremetaphors for contradictions in society (racial, religious,ideological). Based on what you know from earlier readings, consider thework of Poe, who places terrors in animals and personal ghosts ofmemory, and Irving who describes both the Headless Horseman and thoseRip Van Winkle meets as reminiscent of the Dutch (where thePuritans/Pilgrims came from before arriving in the New World).What inferences can you make about the symbols used in these stories? What metaphors are being used? Discuss the national, societal conflicts you read in these works.McMichael, G. L., & Leonard, J. S. (2010). Concise Anthology of American Literature. Boston: Longman.Rubin-Dorsky, J. (Dec. 1986). Washington Irving: Sketches of Anxiety. American Literature, 58(4), 499-522. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2926438Must be at least 150 words with references and quotes to support your answer