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| 19th and 20th century arrangement where 2 women would live together, independent of male support. |
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| Poem by Coventry Patmore published in 1854. It was about the courship of his first wife, Emily, who he thought was perfect. it became known as the romanticization of the victorian woman: cult of domesticity, devoted to children and submissive to husband. |
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| feminist ideal that emerged in the late 19th century, fought against male-dominated society |
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| a short novel or long story |
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| the realistic depiction in art of contemporary life, as means of social or political comment |
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| system where man was head of the family and power was only in male hands |
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| a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition |
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| a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of will |
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| a list of literary or artistic works considered to be permanently established as being of highest quality |
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| make american in character, nationality, or cultural. (first appears with the lesson on fitzgerald) |
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| a style or movement in the arts that aims to break with classical and traditional forms. |
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| thought that affirms the power of humans to create, improve and reshape the environment, with the aid of scientific knowledge, technology and practical experimentation, and is thus in its essence both progressive and optimistic. |
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| movement in literary criticism that stressed the importance of focusing on the text itself rather than being concerned with external biographical or social considerations. |
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| the fallacy of basing an assessment of a work on the author's intention rather than on one's response to the actual work |
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| a social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control |
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| based on sensationalism and crude exaggeration |
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| 1920s in the US characterized as a period of carefree hedonism |
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| literarey movement in the 20s that centered on Harlem and was an early manifestation of black consciousness |
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| the theory on race relations in the mid 20th century, focused on the social boundaries that were erected preventing black americans to assimilate with culture. |
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| coined by WEB DuBois. describes an individual whose identity is divided into several facets |
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| interbreeding of people considered to be of different racial types |
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| a patronizing or condescending manner |
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| a movement in early 20th century english and american poetry that sought clarity of expression through the use of precise images. |
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| The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. |
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| the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example "suit" for "business executive" |
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| a transposition of the natural relations of two elements in a proposition, e.g. "Melissa shook her doubtful curls" |
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| the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to to something nonhuman or representation of an abstract quality in human form |
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| The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock |
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| Love is not all; it is not meat or drink |
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* "[in Just–]," 2120.
* "[next to god of course america i]," 2121.
* "[anyone lived in a pretty how town]," 2124. |
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| (in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza |
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| a movement of young people in the 50s who rejected conventional society and favored buddhism, modern jazz, free sex, and recreational drugs |
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| a theory by Friedan: Society is structures such that women have to find their identity through their husband and children |
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| A good man is hard to find |
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| Howl; supermarket in california; america |
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| seeking to make people aware of social/ political issues |
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| dislike of china or its people and culture |
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| natives that live around Lake Superior |
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| a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative and naturalistic technique combined with surreal elements of dream or fantasy |
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| strong or aggressive masculine pride |
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| What We Talk About When We Talk About Love |
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