The character Peyton Farquhar in Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" possesses characteristics most closely related to romanticism.
Romanticism or also refered to as the Romantic era, constituted an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that emerged in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak from 1800 to 1850.
The movement highlighted intense emotion as an authentic source of aesthetic experience.
