Am Lit Own Part 3-4

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years of American Romanticism:

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about 1820 - 1865

Clep says: - 1870...

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What 3 countries did American literary Romanticism get its influence:

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Enland: English Romantic Poets
Germany: German Romantic philosopy
American: our own Jonathon Edwards

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What two main works of Jonathon Edwards inspired American Romanticism later:

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"A Divine & Supernatural Light"

"Images & Shadows of Divine Things"

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What are the 5 principles of Am. Literary Romanticism:
1 and 2 then see next flash card

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intuition (more trustworthy than reason)
expressing deep feelings (better than yakking about universal ideas)

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3, 4
then see next flashcard

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individual is center of life (God is in that center of ind.)
nature provides symbols to understand big supernatural knowledge

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aspire to the IDEAL What Oughtta Be

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for these 5 main principles, who was most comprehensive/influential writer:

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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2 most imp. works by Ralph Waldo Emerson:

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"Nature" (book)

"Self-Reliance" (essay)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson greatly influenced what later poet:

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Walt Whitman, esp "Song of Myself" & "Leaves of Grass"

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what romantic writer hated Emerson's romanticism, but still had one bit of it in his most famous work:

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Melville; Moby Dick shows the power of almighty Nature: source of metaphysical truth ~~~~~

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Ralph Waldo Emerson's protege:

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Henry David Thoreau

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authors chronologically who used Nature as a Source of Metaphysical Truth...

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FIRST: Wm. Cullen Bryant (forerunner to Romantic movement),
then Emerson, Thoreau, (~Melville)

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America's first "classic writer":

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Washington Irving

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Washington Irving's writing style:

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narrative:
took German folk tales or Spanish legends and respun them American style!

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Washington Irving's respun tales worked because of his:

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vivid, picturesque writing; color of humanity in them: characters who were multidiensional.
Irving polished his writing!

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Who is the "~author~" of "A History of New York from the Beg. of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty":

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Diedrich Knickerbocker
(washington irving)
(his other pen names:......
..................................)

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main idea of "A History of NY...":

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mock epic: Dutch Colonials, yanks, Swedes--he makes fun of all of em

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2 main books by Washington Irving:

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"Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."
& "Tales of Alhambra" (aka Spanish Sketchbook!)

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2 main tales from Spanish Sketchbook:

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Rip Van Winkle
Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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America's FIRST NOVELIST:

(1st major novelist)

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James Fenimore Cooper

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Ralph Waldo Emerson's protege:

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Henry David Thoreau

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authors chronologically who used Nature as a Source of Metaphysical Truth...

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FIRST: Wm. Cullen Bryant (forerunner to Romantic movement),
then Emerson, Thoreau, (~Melville)

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America's first "classic writer":

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Washington Irving

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Washington Irving's writing style:

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narrative:
took German folk tales or Spanish legends and respun them American style!

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Washington Irving's respun tales worked because of his:

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vivid, picturesque writing; color of humanity in them: characters who were multidiensional.
Irving polished his writing!

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Who is the "~author~" of "A History of New York from the Beg. of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty":

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Diedrich Knickerbocker
(washington irving)
(his other pen names:......
..................................)

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main idea of "A History of NY...":

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mock epic: Dutch Colonials, yanks, Swedes--he makes fun of all of em

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2 main books by Washington Irving:

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"Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."
& "Tales of Alhambra" (aka Spanish Sketchbook!)

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2 main tales from Spanish Sketchbook:

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Rip Van Winkle
Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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America's FIRST NOVELIST:


(major)

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James Fenimore Cooper

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James Fenimore Cooper famous for:

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five "Leatherstocking Tales"
which feature continuing character, Natty Bumpo!

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James Fenimore Cooper's themes

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red and white people each have "gifts"; (different gifts, but both are valuable)

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wrote 32 novels and what were they usually about:

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James Fenimore Cooper

usually wrote about: frontier, wilderness and beyond, the sea.

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America's first m a j o r POET

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Wm Cullen Bryant

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Wm Cullen Bryant's later work (incl.Thanatopsis) influenced heavily by what:

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England's "Graveyard School" of Poets
elevated dignified blank verse

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Wm Cullen Bryant's main goal! for poetry

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W AKE UP the E MOTION, baby!

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Thanatopsis is a what:
author:
theme

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Wm Cullen Bryant
poem
end of winter flower is symbol of early friends--shouldn't be forgotten

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"To a Waterfowl"
form:
author:
theme:

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Wm Cullen Bryant
life's uncertain path is similar to birds' unerring migratory pattern; we should be encouraged by this...

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"A Forest Hymn"
form:
author:
theme:

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poem
Wm Cullen Bryant
a religious feeling automatically ! when in nature--full of God's presence

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"The Prairies"
form:
author:
theme:

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poem
Wm Cullen Bryant
civilizations are like prairies; rolling, flowin into each other--ev. into an unpeopled wilderness

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definition of Transcendentalism:

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thru the SENSES, see behind physical f a c t s to invisible, universal truths (an object is a mini version of the entire universe)

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American Transcendentalism roots are from:

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English, European, Oriental philosophies;
native roots: Quaker "inner light"; Puritan "divine & supernatural light" & BenFranklin's~self/egalitarian/secular~ ideas