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How many types of poetry?
Thomas Jefferson(1743-1826)
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Thomas Jefferson(1743-1826)
main writer of declaration of independence
"The American Crisis":series of pamphlets
3rd president of US
"Notes on the State of Virginia": faith in constitutional gov
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How many types of poetry?
too many
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Twain was praise for his subtle control of pov
True
False
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Washington Irvin(1783-1859)
name indissoluble of Frontier
1st writer to acquire international reputation
"American Scott"
"The Sketch Book": collection of essays/stories.
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naturalistic novel focus on poor neighborhood
True
False
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Literature was
utilitarian
for pleasure
both
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Benjamin Franklin(1706-1790)
also part of romanticism
main figure of the Enlightment
self-created American, versatile man
"Poor Richard's Almanac": infos on weather, recipes...
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William Faulkner
simple novel The Sound and The Fury
experienced with everything
As I lay Dying: decline of an aristocrate family
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
wrote tales, ,novels
famous distinction novel(UK)/romance(US)
books ask questions rather than giving answers
rejected naive optimism
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Naturalism
focus on exploring the fundamental causes for their characters' behaviors
determinism is the key concept
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naturalistic fiction is really optimistic
False
True
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2 important writers
Henry David Thoreau
Mark Twain
Walt Whitman
R.W Emerson
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Sherwood Anderson(1876-1941)
one of the first to respond to Freud's writings
lack of traditional plotting
Winesburg Ohio: collection of short stories
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2 writers that questioned transcendentalism
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sinclear Lewis
Emily Dickenson
Herman Melville
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Romanticism
reaction against the Age of reason
fueled by the specific reality of the new continent
describes the worst of the life there
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what are the common points?
all about Puritans' belief
myth of American as the new Garden of Eden
tinted with religion
express individual/collective needs
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Walt Whitman(1819-1892)
"the American Bard"
introvert
ahead of his time
Known for Leaves of Grass
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Herman Melville(1819-1891)
wrote Adventures of Tom Sawyer
rediscovered in 20th century
wrote Moby Dick
was not interested in life
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The Knickerbockers
refers to a school group of writers in NY
it's a type of ice cream
it's a group of people writing books
refers to a school group of writers in Jamestown
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R.W Emerson(1802-1882)
rejected a naive optimism
thinker of the movement
knwon as the sage of Concord
led transcendentalist club
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John Dos Pasos had a passion for formal experimentation
True
False
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James Fenimore Cooper(1789-1851)
"The Leather Tales': saga of 5 novels about Frontier life
not popular in his time
American Scott
Baudelaire translated him
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some writers flew to Europe
John Dos Pasos
E. Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T.S Eliot
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Transcendentalism
utopian vision
harmony between humanity, nature
stresses individualism
rediscovered in the 20th century
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The Transcendentalists
Intellectual movement combining theology, literatue, philosophy
important movement
a movement
appeared in 1820s
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Edgar Allan Poe(1809-1849)
wrote 3 types of wriitings
translated by Baudelaire
had a hard life
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What are the three types?
Poetry(obsessed with verbal music-The Raven)
novels(Rip Van Winckle)
Critical essays on the art of writings
Tales (horror tales-Black Cat)(detective tales-The Purlored murder)
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Gertrude Stein(1874-1946)
hattered all stylistic conventions(Three Lives)
didn't like post-impressionists
coined expression "Lost Generation"
art collecter. "27 rue de Fleurus Salon"
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The Great Gatsby
sense of continuity
parties to win the heart of a woman
spectacular life
calm life
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small town realism focus on small-town life, denounce petty conformism
False
True
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Henry James(1843-1916)
liked conventional artists
What Maisie Knew: 5y old gir telling her parent's divorce
torn btw England and America
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3 most important writers
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
R.W Emerson
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which ?
domestic poetry
religous poetry
pastoral poetry
romance poetry
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"Lost generation"
figurative way: sens of aimelessness, have no goals
concerned 4 generations
literal way: people were wounded, died
didn't mean nothing
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Emily Dickenson(1830-1886)
not her real name
interest on capturing the mind of her characters
lived as a recluse
highly unconventional poetry
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Sinclear Lewis (1885-1951)
Babbit; alsmost become a common name
put seeds to modernism
THE writer of that time
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Henry David Thoreau(1817-1862)
"Walden": clear rejection of materialism
passive resistance
lived 2y in "the Walden Pond" (was from Emerson)
opponent to political power
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Mark Twain(1835-1919)
invented expression "Gilden Age"
considered a clear-sited witness of tha period
wrote Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn
naturalist
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3 main writers
Washington Irving
Edgar Allan Poe
James Fenimore Cooper
R.W Emerson
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What are the 4 categories of writings
poetry
sermons/theological works
Historical works
Biographies/diaries
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Thomas Paine(1737-1809)
wrote manifestos against monarchy
wrote political texts in a lyrical way
"Common sense": gave ideas for the constitution
"The American Crisis": series of pamphlets
