Early American Literature
It was not until after this event that the first conscientiously American voices began to speak through literature.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This is the keyword that least describes the Romantic ideal.
What is rationality?
This group of authors and thinkers believed God could be found in everything and placed a heavy emphasis on nature.
Who were the transcendentalists?
She is the protagonist of The Scarlet Letter, forced to wear a red A on her chest.
Who is Hester Prynne?
This is the word repeated by the bird in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."
What is "nevermore"?
What is their difficulty?
Washington Irving wrote for this clear purpose.
What is entertainment?
This man was the philosophical leader of transcendentalism.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Hester Prynne works this occupation to support herself and her child after being released from prison.
What is a seamstress?
This was the official publication of the transcendentalists.
What is The Dial?
Dependence on this had to be abandoned before distinctly American literature could occur.
What is dependence on England?
This is Rip Van Winkle's primary fault.
What is a "distaste for profitable labor"?
Henry David Thoreau offers this central recommendation in "Walden."
What is simplify?
Dimmesdale suffer under the weight of his sin for this many years.
What is seven?
Good Mind creates man from this substance in "How the World Began."
What is clay (dirt)?
Who was Anne Bradstreet?
Minor Romantics believed this was the way to improve man.
What is removing negative influences from their environment?
This group of authors criticized transcendentalism and held a pessimistic view of society, while writing stories rich in symbolism.
Who were the Dark Romantics?
Arthur Dimmesdale can often be seen doing this as he walks around town.
What is holding his chest?
This lady's captivity narrative provides one of the finest examples of popular early American literature.
Who is Mary Rowlandson?
This belief maintained that the solution to man's problem lies in human reason.
What is Deism?
What is 1820-1865?
This is the term for the transcendental belief in a higher power that connects all living creatures.
What is the "Universal Being"?
While in the forest, Hester and Dimmesdale plan to do this.
What is flee to Europe?
The birthmark in "The Birthmark" is symbolic for this.
What is man's original sin?