Early American Literature
Minor Romantics
Major Romantics
Regionalists
Miscellaneous
100

It was not until after this event that the first conscientiously American voices began to speak through literature.

What is the Revolutionary War?

100

This is the keyword that least describes the Romantic ideal.

What is rationality?

100

This group of authors and thinkers believed God could be found in everything and placed a heavy emphasis on nature.

Who were the transcendentalists?

100

This author was unquestionably the best regionalist of the post-Civil War era.

Who is Emily Dickinson?

100

This is the word repeated by the bird in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

What is "nevermore"?

200
The earliest colonial literature was predominantly focused on this.

What is their difficulty?

200

Washington Irving wrote for this clear purpose.

What is entertainment?

200

This man was the philosophical leader of transcendentalism.

Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?

200

This author was known for stories interpreting the Cajun and Creole society of Louisiana, as well as for her exploration of feminist themes.

Who is Kate Chopin?

200

This is Rip Van Winkle's primary fault.

What is "a distaste for profitable labor"?

300

Dependence on this had to be abandoned before distinctly American literature could occur.

What is dependence on England?

300

This is Rip Van Winkle's primary fault.

What is a "distaste for profitable labor"?

300

Henry David Thoreau offers this central recommendation in "Walden."

What is simplify?

300

This is the central conflict in "A White Heron."

What is Sylvia against herself?

300

Good Mind creates man from this substance in "How the World Began."

What is clay (dirt)?

400
She was the first colonist to write a sizeable body of verse.

Who was Anne Bradstreet?

400

Minor Romantics believed this was the way to improve man.

What is removing negative influences from their environment?

400

This group of authors criticized transcendentalism and held a pessimistic view of society, while writing stories rich in symbolism.

Who were the Dark Romantics?

400

The title "Much Madness is Divinest Sense" makes use of this literary device.

What is a paradox?

400

This lady's captivity narrative provides one of the finest examples of popular early American literature.

Who is Mary Rowlandson?

500

This belief maintained that the solution to man's problem lies in human reason.

What is Deism?

500
It was throughout these years that Romanticism dominated American literature.

What is 1820-1865?

500

This is the term for the transcendental belief in a higher power that connects all living creatures.

What is the "Universal Being"?

500

This rule explained that a person was considered black if they had any black blood in their family.

What is the one-drop rule?

500

The birthmark in "The Birthmark" is symbolic for this.

What is man's original sin?

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