What Is The Theme Of Literature In 19th Century Literature

I wanted to explore the topic of 19th century literature. My search for journals to help me make this discovery, was a much more daunting task than I would have thought. This was made true based on two main facts. The first one was I was limited to journals, and the second was most articles on 19th century literature only hit the subject of literature indirectly. This was not enough to deter me. The challenge of it being limited to journals, also ensured the content was reliable. The indirectness of the articles gave me a chance to sharpen my ability to dig deep into the content to pull out the theme I searched for.
The first article was titled “Social Forces in the United States” by E. Hale. This article is showing the comparison of the American view of the book “Democracy” against the English view. There is a prevalent view in England, during this time that America’s form of democracy is headed for doom. There is also a firm belief in England that because they have read the book they are well versed in all thing United States of America.
One example of this is: “I found myself, a dozen times, obliged to make my English friends some very

Dime song-books containing a curious admixture of the common and the polite, the appropriate and the incongruous, were innumerable, and the poetry which is below literary criticism was equal in bulk to that which is within its scope. Actual soldiers and sailors also sometimes wrote of their battles and experiences, or expressed their feelings in finished verse, and these found their way into print either in the ballad sheet or the newspaper,”