Author, Author!
This poet spent all of her time at home and was increasingly reclusive; she is noted for her use of dashes.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
This literary period was characterized by a return to nature and high degree of emotional language.
What is the Romantic Period?
“I prefer not to.”
What is "Bartleby, the Scrivener"?
In this text, Frederick Douglass provides painful insight into the minds of enslaved Americans and their place in the country.
What is "What, To a 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 Build a Fire” actually went to the Yukon during the Gold Rush.
Who is Jack London?
Authors in this literary period chose to depict everyday activities and experiences, instead of using a sentimentalized or overly-stylized presentation.
What is Realism?
“Those old men were rather womanish, he thought. All a man must do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone.”
What is "To Build a Fire"?
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 “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking,” was called “America’s Poet” in his day, despite his unorthodox sexuality.
Who is Walt Whitman?
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?
“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"?
This character from Poe’s work suffers from overly-sensitive nerves (first and last name):
Who is Roderick Usher?
In a speech we read for this class, Frederick Douglass speaks about this war at some length.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This poet and essayist, author of “Self-Reliance,” is called “The Father of Transcendentalism.”
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Fiction in which 19th Century ideals are combined with an interest in the supernatural, violence, and the grotesque.
What is the Gothic Literature?
“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"?
In Huck Finn, the King and Duke pull off their most lucrative con at this event.
What is the Camp Meeting or Revival?
The author of Leaves of Grass tended the wounded soldiers of this war.
What is the Civil 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?
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?
“Simple and odd . . . Perhaps it is the very simplicity of the thing which puts you at fault,” said my friend . . . “Perhaps the mystery is a little too plain.”
What is "The Purloined Letter"?
Jim Smiley’s other animal in “The Celebrated Frog.”
What is a dog?
The characters in James Fenimore Cooper’s novels fight in this war.
What is the French & Indian War?