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| the american version of romantisism; held that there was something in human beings that transcended human nature. |
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| employs illogical dreamlike images and events to suggest the unconscious. |
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| literature depicting emotional matter in an imaginative form. |
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| the tendency in literature to focus on a specific geographical region or locality. |
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| an author's use of accuracy in the portrayal of life or reality. |
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| the belief that nature provides a truer and more healthful model than culture; the noble savage. |
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| the identification of god with the universe. |
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| style of writing that rejects idealized portrayals of life and attempts complete accuracy. |
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| the pursuit of pleasure above all else. |
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| the view that woman are inherently equal to men and deserve equal rights and opportunities. |
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| presents life not as it appears on the surface, but as it is passionately felt to be by an author or character. |
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| philosophy that suggests people's actions and all other events are determined by forces over which human beings have no control. |
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| an adherence to the principles of greek and roman literature. |
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| reverance for beauty, movement that held beautiful form is to be valued more than instructive content. |
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