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45 Cards in this Set
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When did the Amcn frontier die off, and two reasons why
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1915, b/c railroads bridged the continent and the Wright bros flew plane in 1903
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number of people in 1865-1915
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42mil people
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types of transportation
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ships, stagecoach, railroad
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why was most lit about the mid and far west
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frontier dwellers were always inventive and optomistic so many writers saw this as an interesting topic. Many people immigrated west too.
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three popular poets
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(what type of lit did they partake in) james whitcomb riley, eugene field, edwin markham
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t/f: most people never lived on frontier
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reason for urban slum, farm problem and labor unrest
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industrial expansion
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muckrackers
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journalists who uncovered only muck or dirt of amcn life
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what realist writers saw themselves as
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a revolt against romanticism
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b/c it ran the risk of being boring
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(why did writers include...) hidden meanings, honesty of characters
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naturalistic writers viewed reality as what
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the workingout of natural forces
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t/f in naturalism destiny is decided by heredity and environment, physical drives, economic circumstances
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two parts of naturalism
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(what writing title do these belong) people have no control over events, pessimistic view
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which of the three types was developed during the latter part of 19th century
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(when was) regionalism started
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three authors whose work represented the midwest or the far west
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(area of representation) mark twain, bret harte, willa cather
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What brought aunt georgiana to boston
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(what story did...)a family member die and she's taking a train to boston to be present for the settling of his estate.
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three ways georgiana indulged her love of music while living on frontier
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taught piano lessons, owned an organ and accordian, and sang songs
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t/f: aunt georgiana taught clark the accordian
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t/f: she wore colorful colors to the opera
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(what of 3) portrayed life as the inexorable working-out of forces beyond control
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naturalism
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(what of 3) ex. tom quartz
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regionalism
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(what of 3) people are victims of catastrophies
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naturalism
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(what of 3)slice of life, fiction stories
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realism
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(what of 3)stressed the actual as opposed to the imagination
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realism
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(what of 3) emphasizes local and elements that create color
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regionalism
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describe dick baker
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-from tom quartz
-earnest, hardworking, dirty -speech |
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vernacular
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using the ordinary language of people in a particular region
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describe simon wheeler
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-from jumping frog
-takes topic seriously -large bald guy in the bar |
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author of jumping frog?
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mark twain
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how does twain achieve humor (3 ways)
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-exaggeration
-dialect -serious narrator |
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author of outcasts of poker flat?
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bret hart
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describe peyton farquhar
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-from occurance of owl creek bridge
-senile -supported south |
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author of occurance of owl creek bridge?
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ambrose bierce
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why did people move to the west
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homestead act
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when and how does homsetead act work
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1862, 160 acres of free land over 21 yrs old after 5 years
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opera of euryathne
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euryathne is led into the desert to die by the man she loves
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flying duchman
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seacaptian is doomed to roam the seas forever b/c of a uttered oath
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tanhouser
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has been lured into venusbergy by a seductive beauty. with difficulty he tears himself away and begins a new life
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tristan and isolde
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she is promised to the king but falls in love with tristan instead. both are killed
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who wrote luke havergal, miniver cheevy, and richard cory
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robinson
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how are they traditional and or modern
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trad- style, modern- topic
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what person are luke havergal, miniver cheevy, and richard cory writen in
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3rd person
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wrote spoon river anthology with 244 epitaths
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edgar lee masters
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who wrote luinda matlock and fiddler jones
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masters
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what person are luinda matlock and fiddler jones written in
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1st
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