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| "A few miles from Boston in Massachusetts, there is a deep inlet, winding several miles into the interior of the country fron Charles Bay, and terminating in a thickly wooded swamp or morass. One on side of this inlet is a beautiful dark grove; on the opposite side the land rises abruptly from the water's edge into a high ridge, on which grow a few scattered oaks of great age and immense size." |
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| "They lived in a for-lorn looking house that stood alone and had an air of starvation. A few straggling savin (juniper) trees, emblems of sterility, gre near it; no smoke ever curled from its chimnet; no traveler stopped at is door. A miserable horse, whose ribs were as articulate as the bars of a gridiron, stalked about a field, where a thin carpet of moss, scarcely covering the ragged beds of puddingstone, tantalized and balked his hunger. |
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| "listening to the boding cry of the tree toad, and delving with his walking staff into a mound of black mold at his feet. As he turned up the soil unconsciously, his staff struck against something hard. he reaked it out of the vegetable mold, and lo! a cloven skull, with an Indian tomahawk buried deep in it, lay before him." |
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| "The first news his wife had to tell him was the sudden death of Absalom Crowninshield, the rich buccaneer. It was announced in the papers with the usual flourish that "a great man had fallen in Israel." |
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| carrion crows hovering about a cypress tree." |
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| "Charity begins at home,'replied Tom; I must take care of myself in these hard times.'" "You have made so much money out of me," said the spectator. "Tom lost his patience and his piety. " The devil take me,' said he, if I have a farthing'" |
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| Two important events that took place in 1789 |
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| 1. George Washington became first President. Samuel Slater came to America with plans for a textile mill |
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| place where the change from classicism to Romanticism was evident |
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| 3 things emphasized by classicism |
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| 1. reason over imagination,2. social over personal, 3. common over the individual |
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| according to classicism, what had to be done to the imagination? |
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| had to be restrained be reason and common sense |
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| Perception of the truth emphasized by Romantic writers was |
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| intuition, that inner perception of truth is independent of reason |
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| 3 subjects that are characteristic of Romantic attitudes |
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| 1. nature, 2. the past 3. the inner world of human nature |
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| after whom was Irving named? |
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| Irving's reputation began |
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| in England with The Sketch Book |
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| Irving's 2 most famous stories |
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| "Rip van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" |
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| Irving's most substantial work |
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| A History of New York by Diedrich Knickerbocker in 1809 |
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| Benet's first published novel of poetry |
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| allowed Benet the leisure to write |
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| "The Devil and Daniel Webster" |
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| a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, esp. one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people and considered to be false or based on superstition. |
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| a uniquely American story form that features: 1. a larger than life main character with a specific task, 2. a problem that is siolved in a humorous or outrageous way, 3. exaggerated details that describe things larger than they really are, and 4. characters who use everyday language. These are based on actual people or on a composite of actual people. Exaggeration is the major element in tall tales |
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| used to influence opinions and to avoid the truth. Often these techniques rely on some element of censorship or manipulation, either omitting significant information or distorting it; nothing more than methods used to spread ideas and concepts into popular trends |
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| are read as adventure stories |
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| Cooper's attendance at Yale |
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| he was expelled because of lacksluster performance and for repeated pranks |
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| donkey in a classroom at Yale |
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| Cooper's five related novels are called |
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| The Leatherstocking Tales |
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| The New York Evening Post |
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| 5 causes that Bryant was a spokesman for |
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| 1. abolition of slavery, 2. freedom of speech adn religion, 3. the right of workers to organize into unions, 4. the repeal of laws that imprisoned debtors, 5. the election of Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln |
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| The Father of American poetry |
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| written when Bryant was 17 years old |
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| Bryant's most famous poem |
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| 2 reasons why Bryant turned to nature |
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| as a reflection of the human spirit ans a potential answer to humanity's most searching questions about its own nature |
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| editor of the Southern Literary Messenger in 1835 |
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| "the most important American poet before Walt Whitman" |
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| type of story that can be traced back to Poe's invention |
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| the function of the imagintaion in Poe's work |
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| to separate us from the recognizable world of ordinary reality in order to explore the inner, ofter irrational world of the human mind |
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| perception of the truth did Romaniticism explore |
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| the inner portion of truth that is independent of reason - intuition |
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| 3 subjects identified with Romantic writers |
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| 1. Nature, 2. the past, 3. the inner world of human nature |
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| is associated with Bryant and Cooper |
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| is associated with Irving and Cooper |
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| During this time period America expanded through |
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| The new country was bound together through |
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| early railroads. canals, and steamboats |
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| "The Devil and Tom Walker" takes place in |
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| In his bargain with the Devil, Tom did not agree to become |
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| Irving's dominant tone when describing Mrs. Walker is |
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| Tom hopes to escape the devil by |
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| In "The Devil and Daniel Webster" the fact that the story is a legend is established in |
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| the opening paragraphs of the story |
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| Jabez Stone's main trouble had been |
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| Webster's long speech to the jury included references from |
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| childhood, American history, and freedom |
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| 3 elements found in "The Devil and Daniel Webster" |
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| American history, tall-tale history, love of country |
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| A major theme of the Leatherstocking Tales is |
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| in the wilderness, humanity can recover the natural virtues that society corrupts |
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| To Bryantm a major consolation about dying is |
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| that it is natural and inevitable |
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| According to Bryant, one's attitude toward death should be to |
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| At the end of "Thanatopsis", Bryant likens death to |
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| "The Haunted Palace" is an allegory expressing the |
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| The mood that is sustained throughout "The Fall of the House of Usher" is one of pervasive |
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| Before the narrator enters the Usher mansion, he notes "a barely perceptible fissure" in the building; this is an example of |
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| In "The Masque of the Red Death" the prince and his friends retreat to castellated abbey in order to |
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| When the gigantic ebony clock strikes on the hour, all of the prince's guests |
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| stop all activity until the clock has stopped chiming |
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| When the prince's guests attack the figure dressed like the Red Death, they discover that the figure is |
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| In "The Bells" the poetic device that is most important is |
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| The four "pictures" of the poem concern |
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| tinkling sleigh bells, chiming wedding bells, and tolling funeral bells |
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