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20 Cards in this Set
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Ulrich B. Phillips |
"American Negro Slavery" (1918) portrayed as essentially benevolent. Remained authoritative until 1948 |
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Sydney Smith |
Englishman in 1820 Who reads an American book? |
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Romanticism |
An artistic and literary movement from late 18th century to the mid 19th century. Emphasis on emotion and individualism. Glorification of nature. Mideval over classical |
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Transcendentalism |
New England Less restrictive relationship with god |
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Walt Whitman |
"Leaves of Grass" (1855) Celebrated democracy and liberation of the individual spirit. Longing for release and self actualization. |
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Herman Melville |
"Moby Dick" (1851) Courage strength of the human will Tragedy of pride and revenge |
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Edgar Allen Poe |
First book "Tamerlane and other poems" (1827) received little recognition. "The raven" (1845) established him. Rising above the narrow limits of intellect and exploring deeper, powerful and horrifying world of the spirits/emotions. |
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William Gilmore Simms |
Southern intellectual, originally nationalistic. By 1840's he was a strong defender of slavery and the southern culture. |
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The Transcendentalists |
Borrowed From German and English alike Distinction between reason and understanding Reason as the innate ability to grasp beauty and truth. "Original relation to the universe" |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Led from Condcord Massachusetts. Unitarian minister but left in 1832 to devote himself to writing, teaching, and lecturing. "Nature" (1836) |
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Henry David Thoreau |
"Lives of quiet desperation" Resist pressures to conform "Civil Disobedience" (1849) "Walden" (1854) |
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Utopiansim |
Human institutions are perfectible Sir Thomas More |
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Amana Colony |
7 villages in east central Iowa settled by german priests "Community of true inspiration" |
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The Rappites |
George Rapp and 600 followers in east Pennsylvania 1804 |
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The Shakers |
6000 members by the 1830's and 20 successful communities simplicity, celibacy, common property, equal labor and reward Mother Anne Lee |
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New Harmony |
Robert Owen (1825) economic and political equality Lasted 2 years |
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John Humphrey Noyes |
Oneida Community Group marriage and communal child rearing. Self reliance, optimism, and individualism. Disregard for external authority Attempts at genetic improvement. |
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George Ripley's The Brook Farm |
Promoted human culture and brotherly cooperation. Hard work and simplicity without government |
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Nathanial Hawthorne |
Wrote about his stay at Brook Farm in "The Blithedale Romance" Left disappointed |
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James Fenimore Cooper |
First Great american novelist Evoked the American west. Fascinated with human relationship to nature and challenges for expanding west |
