Titles and Their Authors
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and
The SketchbookWho was Washington Irving?
Two authors that created beautiful landscapes in their novels were Cooper and this man.
Who is Washington Irving?
A Cathedral
What is "Divina Commedia"?
Death is a natural part of life and we should not fear it.
What is "Thanatopsis"?
Using the idea of ancient Dutchmen in the Catskill mountains.
What is "the distant"?
"A Fable for Critics" and
"The Lesson"
Who was James Russell Lowell?
These two genres developed in America during this time period.
What are the short story and the novel?
Nature -- "She has a voice of gladness.."
What is "Thanatopsis"?
The critique of fellow poets.
What is "A Fable for Critics"?
The use of the chambered nautilus or the waterfowl in poetry.
What is "nature"?
"Old Ironsides" and
"The Chambered Nautilus"
Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?
This group of writers popularized romanticism for the public.
Who are the New England School of writers?
A "tarmagant wife."
What is "Rip Van Winkle"?
Reviewing a past life and considering accomplishments made.
What is "Mezzo Cammin"?
The idea of a man who sleeps for 20 years to get out of working.
What is "the imagination"?
"Ichabod" and
"First day Thoughts"
Who was John Greenleaf Whittier?
The Unitarians believed in the Fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of Jesus, and salvation by this.
What is character?
"No human tongue / Shall utter words;"
What is "First Day Thoughts"?
Traveling to an unknown destination and trusting in a "Power."
What is "To a Waterfowl"?
The idea that we can do the work of improving ourselves all on our own.
What is "individualism"?
"Mezzo Cammin" and
from "Divina Commedia"
Who was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
This author dealt with the universal problem of guilt in his novel The Scarlet Letter.
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Fireflies
What is "The Lesson"?
Patriotism and the preservation of American pride.
What is "Old Ironsides"?
"In majesty, and the complaining brooks
That make the meadows green; and, poured round all,
Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, --
Are but the solemn decorations all
Of the great tomb of man."
What is "nature"?