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Puritanism
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Literature/life is for glorification of God
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Puritanism
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Brevity of life, certainty of death, hope of salvation; notion of predestination
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Puritanism
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Human beings are sinful; original sin, generally negative view of human nature
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Puritanism
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Puritan Plain Style; avoided ornate style and language
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Puritanism
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Many biblical allusions in literature
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Puritanism
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Anne Bradstreet
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Upon the Burning of Our House, To My Dear and Loving Husband, The Author to Her Book
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Romanticism
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Emphasis on emotion rather than reason (reaction to Enlightenment thinking)
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Romanticism
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Generally optimistic about human nature
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Romanticism
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Heavy emphasis on human connection with nature
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Romanticism
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Heavy emphasis on individualism, freedom;
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Romanticism
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Fascination with frontier, westward expansion
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Romanticism
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No firm structures; emphasis subjectivity
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Romanticism
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Imagination, suspense of disbelief
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Romanticism
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Egdar Allen Poe,
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(Raven)
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Romanticism
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William Cullen Bryan
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(Thanotopsas)
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Romanticism
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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(The Psalm of Life)
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Transcendentalism
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Combination of reason and emotion
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Transcendentalism
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HEAVY emphasis on individualism
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Transcendentalism
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Free will -> knowledge of self; gateway to all knowledge
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Transcendentalism
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Over soul; connection between individual and universal
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Transcendentalism
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Emphasizes trust in intuition
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Transcendentalism
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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(Self Reliance, Nature)
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Transcendentalism
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Henry David Thoreau
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(Civil Disobedience, Walden)
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Transcendentalism
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Walt Whitman
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(Song of Myself, Leaves of Grass)
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Realism
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Character focused; (more than plot) life as it is
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Realism
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Focus on cultural shifts spurred on by Ind. Rev. (marginalized in society)
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Realism
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Heavy emphasis on morality
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Realism
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Reaction to Romanticism; turn away from eternal optimism
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Realism
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Avoids tall tales
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Realism
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Objective narration
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Realism
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Freeman
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(A New England Nun)
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Realism
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Chopin
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(Story of an Hour)
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Realism
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Sarah Orne Jewett
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(A White Heron)
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Realism
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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(The Yellow Wallpaper)
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Regionalism
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Depiction of authors own sub-culture i.e. Southern, Western
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Regionalism
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Emphasizes local color like dialects, customs, etc.
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Regionalism
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Influenced by westward expansion
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Regionalism
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Provides glimpses of life elsewhere for readers
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Regionalism
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Subset of Realism
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Regionalism
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Mark Twain
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(The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
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Naturalism
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Adds Darwinism and pessimistic determinism to realistic depictions of life
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Naturalism
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Human beings are depicted in conflict with nature and natural environment, and they lose
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Naturalism
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Depictions of struggle to survive
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Naturalism
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Subset of realism
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Naturalism
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Jack London
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(To Build a Fire)
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Regionalism
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Ambrose Bierce
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(The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge)
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Modernism
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Power of human beings to create/shape their environment
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Modernism
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Coming of age &/vs. Lost generation
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Modernism
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*PARADOXES*
prohibition vs. free sex |
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Modernism
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Use of epiphany
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Modernism
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Merging of m and content; lots of artistic experimentation
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Modernism
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Hemmingway
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Modernism
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Fitzgerald
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(A Clean Well Lighted Place)
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Modernism
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William Faulkner
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(A Rose for Emily)
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Modernism
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Katherine Ann Porter
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(The Jilting of Granny Weatherall)
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Harlem Renaissance
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Happens at the same time as Modernism
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Harlem Renaissance
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Feeling of two ness or a divided consciousness
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Harlem Renaissance
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Heavy emphasis
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Harlem Renaissance
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Zora Neale Hurston
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(Their Eyes Were Watching God)
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Harlem Renaissance
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Jean Toomer
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(Sweat)
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