Vocabulary
Group of people traveling together.
What is a caravan?
Pessimist towards Transcendentalism.
Who is Edgar Alan Poe or Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Genre of fictional prose that provides an imaginative and idealized view of life.
What is a romantic novel?
Cornerstone of Romanticism seen as "man's moral teacher."
What is nature?
Gray or white from age.
City the "Knickerbockers" were based in.
Where is New York City?
Seen as a character isolated from the corruption of society.
What is a romantic hero?
Issues undermining national optimism.
What is sectionalism or cultural provincialism?
Cheerful willingness/eagerness.
What is alacrity?
Author of Rip Van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow.
Who is Washington Irving?
Complex character who is described with distinguished detail.
What is a round character?
Conditions fueling national optimism during the Romantic period.
What is Economic forefront, Immigration, or Technology?
peaceful relations/friendship
What is amity?
Name of the theology of evolution resulting in a huge blow against Christianity.
Darwinism
Poetry term that carries a sentence or phrase over the end of a line.
What is an enjambment?
False religion sparked from the idea of "Individualism."
What is mormonism?
Lasting for a markedly brief time (short lived).
What is ephemeral?
Author of "The Deerslayer."
Who is James Cooper?
Indicates a pause in the middle of a line by inserting a punctuation mark.
What is a caesura?
Belief that American literature needed to be strictly American.
What is Epic Mania?