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| "Things do not change; we change" Thoreau |
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| "...we hold these truths to be self-evident..." |
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| Transcendentalism or Revolutionary |
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| belief that people are basically good |
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| settings are long ago and far away |
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| Revolutionary or Transcendentalism |
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| emphasis on the goodness of man |
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| Gilgamesh and Aesop's Fables |
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| Interest in folk language, art, and music |
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| "Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation." |
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| rejection of traditional themes |
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| Kate Chopin and Mark Twain |
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| description and documentation |
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| belief that man is selfish |
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| reference to everyday, ordinary objects |
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| "the Devil and Tom Walker" |
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| Transcendentalims or Rationalism or Romanticism |
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| co-exist with Romanticism |
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| preoccupation with sin and salvation |
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| co-existed with Rationalism |
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| "to be great is to be misunderstood" |
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| song chants to a regular beat |
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| Stephen Crane and Jack London |
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| America is the new "Eden" |
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| Belief in Satan and witches as real evil |
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| Emphasis on the strength of man |
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| interested in scientific research |
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| conflict between man's desires and instincts |
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| interest in inner-workings of the mind |
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| lessons about values and ideals of culture |
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| focused on politics and nature of government |
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| amoral attitude of author |
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| settings are here and now |
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| based their works on Plato and Socrates |
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| "sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
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| popular during the enlightment |
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| "Thanatopsis" and "The chambered Nautilus" |
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| see nature as a divine entity |
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| emphasis on the struggle of man |
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| survival of the fittest (Darwinism) |
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| focus on the human spirit |
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| animalistic and neurotic characters |
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| truth is reached through intuition |
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| strong belief in education |
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| emphasis on personal feelings and emotions |
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| interest in the mysterious and supernatural |
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| spiritual valued over the material |
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