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This poet spent all her time at home and was increasingly reclusive; she is noted for her use of dashes.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
“I prefer not to.” Name that work.
This literary period was characterized by a return to nature and high degree of emotional language.
What is Romanticism?
In this text, Frederick Douglass provides painful insight into the minds of enslaved Americans and their place in the country.
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
After Rip Van Winkle wakes from his long nap, he discovers that this war has taken place.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This author of “To The Man on Trail” actually went to the Yukon during the Gold Rush.
Who is Jack London?
“The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”
What is "The Gettysburg Address"?
Authors in this literary period chose to depict everyday activities and experiences, instead of using a sentimentalized or overly-stylized presentation.
What is Realism?
If “Young Goodman Brown” is an allegory, then his wife represents this.
What is Faith?
The readings for this class end just before this war begins.
What is World War I?
This poet, who penned “I Hear America Singing,” was called “America’s Poet” in his day, despite his unorthodox sexuality.
Who is Walt Whitman?
“Kill you!” shouted Scully. “Kill you! What are you talking about?”
What is "The Blue Hotel"?
This movement—whose center was once Concord, MA—believed that insight should not be sought in the opinions of traditional or popular thought, but in the personal/individual mind.
What is Transcendentalism?
This character from Poe’s work suffers from overly-sensitive nerves (first and last name):
Who is Roderick Usher?
The author of Leaves of Grass tended the wounded soldiers of this war.
What is the Civil War?
This poet and essayist, author of “Self-Reliance,” is called “The Father of Transcendentalism.”
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
"I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life."
What is Walden?
Fiction in which 19th Century ideals are combined with an interest in the supernatural, violence, and the grotesque.
What is Gothic or Dark Romanticism?
In Huck Finn, the King and Duke pull off their most lucrative con at this event.
What is a camp meeting or revival?
The characters in James Fenimore Cooper’s novels fight in this war.
What is the French-Indian War?
This author of adventure stories was once a midshipman for the US Navy and was one of the first to portray complex Native American Characters.
Who is James Fenimore Cooper?
“Alas! it was too true! The fatal hand had grappled with the mystery of life, and was the bond by which an angelic spirit kept itself in union with a mortal frame.”
What is "The Birthmark?
This movement, characterized by “The Open Boat” and “To Build a Fire,” generally contains the theme of determinism; objective observation of nature often plays a key role.
What is Naturalism?
Jim Smiley’s other animal in “The Celebrated Frog.”
What is a dog named Andrew Jackson?
Thoreau went to jail for protesting this war.
What is the Mexican-American War?