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65 Cards in this Set
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Which two authors made a living writing
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Irving and cooper
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pantheism
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the idea that nature is a god
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transcendentalism
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its about transcending ordinary life moving into an extraordinary state of being
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Another name for the romantic period
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American renaissance
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Beginning date
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1820- Irving published sketchbook, congress passed missouri compromise
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ending date
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1865- end of civil war
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romanticism
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Connotes idealization
Greater personal freedom for individual Celebration of the raw and primitive Introspective Interest in self/ individual (healthy dose) |
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Sentimentalism
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want to touch an emotion for the sake of touching on an emotion
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3 themes of the period
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Response from people moving from farm to city
Response to nature Response to organized religion |
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period problems
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Near genocide of American Indian
Continuation of slavery |
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Irvings sketchbook was the first___________
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piece of American fiction to reach international acclaim
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Who wrote Rip Van Winkle
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Washington Irving
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what did washington irving write?
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Rip Van Winkle
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Rip Van Winkle has the First______
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identity crisis in American Lit
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Summary of Rip
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guy with nagging wife
sleeps for 20 years comes back after revolution |
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James Fenimore cooper wrote
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The last of the mohicans
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who wrote the last of the mohicans
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cooper
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purposes of the last of the mohicans (2)
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to show the good and bad side of red men and white men
to preserve the natural world |
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describe natty bumpo
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young, ethical, hero, has more to learn, manly man with red and white gifts
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describe chingachgook
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older, wiser
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who is the lst of the mohicans
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uncas
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what did William Cullen Bryant write
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Thanaopsis
to a waterfowl |
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who wrote thanopsis and to a waterfowl
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william cullen bryant
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what were bryants other jobs
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lawyer editor famous orator
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three messages of thanaopsis
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when youre dead you dont exist anymore
when you die, mother earth will claim you, you will become one with earth everyone is with you |
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what form is thanaopsis written in
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blank verse
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what does thanaopsis mean
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meditation on death
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ending message
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die soothed, not enslaved
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What form in to a waterfowl
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ode
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summary of to a waterfowl
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talks to bird about migration
decides the power that directs the bird will lead our steps |
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Henry Longfellow wrote
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A Psalm of life
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which two poems/ authors contrast each other
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bryant- thanaopsis
LF a psalm of life |
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Who wrote a psalm of life
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LF
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in A pslam... LF asserts that ife is about _____ not about ____ or sorrow
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progress, happiness, sorrow
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which poem has the idea of footsteps in the sand
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psalm of life
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Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote
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Nature
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who wrote Nature
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Emerson
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emersons other job
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minister, writing, speaker
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Emerson thinks aloneness is
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a state of being
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Emerson thinks artists are
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people with vision, people who see the big picture
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Emerson says in the woods there is____
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perpetual youth
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emerson thinks he is a part of ____
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god
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emerson thinks he is the universal ______
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eye ball
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Emerson few adults can really see_____
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nature
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Thoreau wrote
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Walden Pond
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Who wrote Walden pond
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Thoreau
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what was the name of Walden Chapter 2
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where i lived and what i lived for
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how does thoreau define morning
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any time or place you wake up
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what was the purpose of walden pond
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to live simply and innocently
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what did margret Fuller write
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the great law suit man v men woman v women
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What did fuller influence
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the way american women thought of themselves
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What is femality
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quality of being female. intuitiveness, spirituality, electric.
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who is george sands
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pseudonym for a popular women author
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What did hawthorne write
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birth mark
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who wrote birth mark
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hawthorne
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who wrote Ligeia
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poe
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what did poe write
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Ligeia
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Edgar a poe was also an _____
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editor
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Poe likes the ________ of a short story
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unity of effect
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POe uses _____ and ____
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exact detail and high craftsmanship
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Fredrick douglass wrote
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narrative of the life
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who wrote narrative of the life
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Fredrick Douglass
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Everyone who wanted to write about race after this person was influenced by hom
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Douglass
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6 points about slavery from narrative in the life
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Slavery intentionally destroys the basic family unit
Slavery= violence Slavery is as bad for slave owner as it is for slave Value of education Manipulation of slaves Religion |
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the five components of transcendentalism
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monism- all reality is a part of one substance/ this unifies everything, creates connection
God- believe in a creative force/ they believe this force is found within all humans (unlike the invitation of the HS in christianity) creation- they believe all of nature is a microcosom for the universe/ we can learn the principals of the universe from nature human soul- they believe a piece of the soul of the world (BOB) lies dormant within everyone and needs to be awakened fulfill the human soul- this happens by being exposed to truth beauty and goodness |
