Values
This is where Romantics found God
What is: Nature
To "transcend" means to
What is: Go beyond (or surpass) one's limits
Approximate years of Romanticism in the USA
What is: 1800-1865
A 14 line poem
What is: Sonnet
Prominent characteristic in horror
What is: the unknown
This "ism" refers to the desire to leave the city for the countryside
What is: Escapism
Transcendentalists valued this "I" over society
Romanticism started as a reaction to...
What is: Rationalism
Two major themes within Fireside poetry...
What is: Life and death
Dark Romantics believed that nature held ____ truths.
What is: dark
This "I" was considered necessary for creating all art
What is: Imagination
Thoreau went to the woods to...
Live deliberately (purposefully/find fulfillment in life)
Works contain lots of imagery of _____
What is: Nature
Imagery used to demonstrate themes of life and death
What is: The changing of the seasons
What is: consciousness after death
Romantics placed the value of this "I" over reason or logic
What is: Intuition
Both Emerson and Thoreau believed society...
Stripped away one's individuality
A main objective is for readers to contemplate ______
What is: One's purpose in life
Poems were typically read (2 places)...
What is: Next to the campfire/ in classrooms
Dark Romantics differed from Transcendentalists in part by...
What is: reintroducing idea of original sin and human potential for evil
Romanticism prefers youthful _______ to _______ sophistication.
What is: innocence; educated
This concept forces people to subscribe to the "norm"
Conformity
This "I" refers to the concept that we can make the world a better place.
What is: idealism
This poet's wife died by fire to which he wrote "Cross of Snow" about
Who is: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Gothic lit explores the conflict between...
What is: good and evil