| Term | Definition |
|---|
| How many years did Romanticism last? | 40 years, from 1800-1840 |
| Romanticism was a reaction against what? | Classicism |
| Romanticism favored imagination over what? | reason, intuition over facts, nature, inner feelings, democracy, and mystery/supernatural |
| Who wrote "Charlotte Temple"? | Susanna Rowson |
| What kind of world was Romanticism defined as? | An art world |
| What was The Hudson River School? | An art movement influed by Romanticism |
| Romanticism eventually became what? | Transcedentalism |
| Who wrote Thanatopsis? | William Cullen Bryant |
| What does Thanatopsis mean? | thanatos-death, opsis-view; It was Bryant's view of death |
| From Thanatopsis, if you commune with nature and are happy, what happens? | nature rejoices with you |
| In Thanatopsis, if you commune with nature and are sad, what will happen? | nature comforts you |
| In Thanatopsis, what does nature teach you? | you will die |
| Who will you join when you die, according to Thanatopsis? | Many from the past such as patriarchs like Abraham, kings like David and Soloman, and powerful/wise like Socrates and Plato |
| In Thanatopsis, what decorates man's tomb? | hills, valleys, woods, rivers, ocean (nature) |
| In Thanatopsis, what is the dust you walk on made up of? | dead people |
| In Thanatopsis, what happens if you die and no one notices? | it's okay, they'll follow you and those after them will follow you |
| In Thanatopsis, what is the lesson? | live so that you don't fear death, but approach death as a rest |
| Who wrote "To a Waterfowl"? | William Cullen Bryant |
| What is "To a Waterfowl" asking? | where are you going all alone? |
| In "To a Waterfowl", who guides the bird? | a power (God) |
| What are the differences and similarities between us and the bird in "To a Waterfowl" | the bird has a limitless path and we have an unknown future. the bird flies and we work. the bird's "summer home" is like heaven or death for us. |
| When did Edgar Allan Poe live? | 1809-1849 |
| Where was Edgar Allan Poe born and into what kind of family? | Boston to poor traveling actors, David and Elizabeth Poe |
| What happened when Edgar Allan Poe was a baby? | his dad left as a baby and his mom died when he was 2 |
| Who took the orphaned Edgar Allan Poe into their home? | John and Frances Allan of Richmond Virginia but he was never formally adopted |
| What college did Edgar Allan Poe go to at the age of 17 in 1826? | UVA- University of Virginia |
| Why was Edgar Allan Poe kicked out of UVA? | he obtained a lot of gambling debts that could not be paid off |
| What did Edgar Allan Poe do in 1827? | joined the army and published his first volume of poetry |
| When was Edgar Allan Poe's second volume of poetry published? | 1829 |
| Where did Edgar Allan Poe go in 1830? | Westpoint Academy with the help of John Allan but was expelled within a year for academic reasons |
| In 1831, Edgar Allan Poe published his 3rd volume of poetry, titled what? | Poems |
| What was odd about Edgar Allan Poe's marriage to Virginia Clemm? | they were cousins and she was 13 |
| Where did Edgar Allan Poe pursue his literary career? | New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, and Maryland |
| What did Edgar Allan Poe publish in 1838? | his first and only novel |
| What was a breakthrough for Edgar Allan Poe in 1845? | publishing "The Raven" but he never escaped poverty |
| When did Edgar Allan Poe's wife die? | in 1847 of tuberculosis |
| When did Edgar Allan Poe die? | 1849 |
| William Bryant won international acclaim for what kind of writing? | Poetry |
| What was Bryants fathers profession? | Physician |
| At what age did Bryant publish his first poem and book? | Poem-10 book-13 |
| Bryant was considered a child prodigy. What does that mean? | Gifted child |
| What was the name of Bryants first book? | Embargo |
| Who published "Embargo"? | William bryants dad |
| True or false: Bryant was an artist who worked in a painstaking fashion editing and revising again and again. | true |
| Bryant is part of which literary movement? | romanticism |
| How did Bryant earn a living? | poetry |
| Bryant was a proponent of what? | Laissez-Faire |
| Bryant opposed what? | tariffs |
| Bryant was against what? | slavery |
| What three things did Bryant endorse? | the free-soil party, republican party, and Lincoln |
| When did Bryants wife die? | 1866 |
| After the death of Bryant's wife, what did Bryant finish doing? | translating the Iliad and the Odyssey |
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