The Roots
Germany
Child prodigy who achieved early fame; influential poet who helped introduce European romanticism to American audiences; influential editor of the NY Evening Post newspaper who championed liberal and abolitionist causes
William Cullen Bryant
These two British dudes were the authors to the Lyrical Ballads, a book of Romantic poetry that inspired Longfellow's poetry.
Wordsworth and Coleridge
In Poe’s short story (with elements of both Light and Dark Romanticism), the painter’s wife dies because she is mistreated, love-sick, soul-stolen, or sacrificed for art. What is this lack of literary clarity called?
ambiguity
Mr. Sargent once said that "90% of romanticism is just dudes ________"
(think about the painting about the Wanderer above the Sea of Fog)
Pondering stuff
Transcendentals believed that both men and women have knowledge about themselves and the world around them that "transcends" what they can see-hear-taste-touch-feel. Like Light Romantics, they believed __________ came best from Nature
Spirituality
Teacher who took over as director of his brother’s school for girls; became famous for essays like "The American Scholar“ and then the face of Transcendental movement; lecturer whose hometown of Concord, MA became a famous writer’s colony
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Achieved international fame for stories like "Rip Van Winkle" and "Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” inspired by European folktales; U.S. ambassador to Spain; pushed for stronger copyright laws before his death
Washington Irving
Longfellow is at his best in “Psalm of Life,” arguing that death is not the end, that the spirit lives on, and that life should be lived to the fullest. This type of positive poetry has come to be known as…?
Carpe Diem Poetry
In order for a poem to be a sonnet, it needs these 3 things:
14 lines, 10 syllables per line ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme
but technically that's only for Shakespearian sonnets and some modern sonnets ignore one or more of these rules
Writing groups flourished in the 1800s, bringing an increased excitement about US settings, US themes, and US writers. What literary group (writing good but traditional poetry) enjoyed the most fame?
The Fireside Poets
A wealthy dilettante who was kicked out of Yale; began his writing career because of a wager with his wife; hugely popular series, The Leatherstocking Tales, introduced the Romantic character of Natty Bumppo.
James Fennimore Cooper
Born in Boston, hometown is Baltimore; adopted but felt unloved; short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor best known for tales of mystery and horror (and detective stories); died mysteriously
Edgar Allan Poe
In Bryant's Thanatopsis, who or what does he claim to be the best teacher when it comes to fear of death?
Nature
This literary element describes stories in which the main character is captured by NAs, often with Biblical themes
Captivity Narratives
New York became the nation’s biggest city in 1810, but it was dirty, unsafe, overcrowded, and known mockingly as the Rotten Apple. In general, Romantics disliked cities, believing them to be…?
killers of creativity
(also acceptable: killers of nature?)
Began writing nature poetry in the 1840s; transcendental leader and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was a mentor and friend; in 1845 began his famous two-year stay at Walden Pond; writings inspired MLK, Jr. and Gandhi
Henry David Thoreau
America’s greatest novelist; early work includes an account of experiences with Polynesian life and his whaling novel; died unappreciated and unremembered
Herman Melville
Nathaniel "Natty" Bumppo is portrayed as almost superhuman. However, his physical gifts and his skill with a rifle are not what make him a true Romantic Hero. What is Natty’s most obvious romantic hero trait?
Nobility/Honor
This type of story can be read on multiple levels, and often symbolically represent historical events
Historical Allegory
The US Renaissance was an early 1800s movement involving art, literature, politics, and even thinking
The movement was centered in what part of the country?
New England (the American Northeast)
Harvard scholar versed in several languages; made name as a poet with works like Evangeline, Poems on Slavery, and Song of Hiawatha; translated Dante’s Divine Comedy; honored in England’s Poet’s Corner
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Born in Salem, MA; obsessed with the Puritans and embarrassed of his family connection to the Salem witch trials; changed spelling of name to distance himself; wrote YOUR favorite novel ever
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Why did Thoreau want to go to Walden Pond?
To "suck out the marrow of life"
sounds gross when he says it like that
DAILY DOUBLE
There are 9 "I" words that encapsulate the traits of romanticism. List out exactly three of them.
Imagination, Individualism, Idealism, Intuition, Inspiration, Inward Focus, Impulse to Reform, Emotion, and Spirituality