Novelists focused on the frightening lack of tradition in the US (a history of strife, a vast and imposing wilderness, and a classless/leaderless society)
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Art = truth (as captured by the Hudson River School of landscape painting)
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Important writing of the era includes Paine’s Common Sense (Jan 1776), Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence (1776), and Madison’s U.S. Constitution (1787)
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This era’s modern impact includes a fascination with alluring, villainous antagonists and persecuted, suffering young women; inspired 1900s crime noir literature
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Common motifs include repetition/enumeration, ritual beginnings/endings, heavy imagery, a structure of order-chaos-solutions-order, and anthropomorphism
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1600-1750; plain style writing (no ornate language, simple/everyday comparisons, non-personal); believed all of life was a test
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Believed human beings and society were perfectible; reason could reveal universal truth
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Offers best example of US poetry/spirit, as well as two of the biggest names in literature
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Saw poetry as the highest expression of the imagination and the creative spirit
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Heroes can be cultural models of behavior who shape the world or tricksters with more brains than brawn, often creating chaos for change and suffering for pride
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Writing was intended to instruct and help enforce God’s will, demystifying His demands and expectations, and glorify His existence
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Intuition/Emotion/Individualism/Intuition/Era of the Common Man/1800-1860
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Nature depicted as cruel, unmerciful, destructive, and unexplainable with settings of ruined buildings or castles, dark and overgrown forests, and wind-swept plains
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“Belle of Amherst” and “Good Gray Poet” were the nicknames of this era’s poets
Inspired by Immanuel Kant; linked to Concord, Mass; the philosophical side of Romanticism; felt contemplating nature leads to spiritual truth
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Factors against aspiring writers included: writers were drawn to politics or could not resist the habit of UK imitation, copyright laws did not exist, and writing did not pay
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Commonly described a journey into nature (for escape or revelation) and away from the corruption and ugliness of cities (which destroyed creativity)
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Believed writing and writer are one, writing is not about achievement but self-expression, true poetry comes from experience, success = breaking the collective voice
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Emphasized social order, community, connection of all living things, respect for nature
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Examined inner and outer lives closely for signs of God’s saving grace
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Religion/Faith/Simplicity/Collectivism/Sermons and Diaries/1600-1750
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Oldest literature in America but the last literature to be recognized by critics as valuable
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was a primary force behind this philosophical movement
Writing becomes a legitimate profession as US audiences looked home for their literature; the US literary voice is discovered and writers’ groups emerged
Broke poetic traditions in unique but important ways; inspired generations of poets
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Stories focus on creation through struggle/theft, moving from a sky to a water world, earth-divers, and emergence or migration
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Beliefs focused on the idea of T.U.L.I.P. (Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, Perseverance of "saints")
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Writers of this era were against tradition, religion, monarchy; natural rights were believed to be above government/Kings/religion
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Modern day legacy includes expectation of moral leadership, quest for freedom, work ethic, fascination with death, manifest destiny & US divinity, secular marriages
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Heroes of this era were usually young, innocent, noble, and outdoorsy; they were questing for truth with a personal code of ethics that outweighed man’s laws
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Provided transition from the 1800’s to the 1900’s; ushered in the next century of poetry
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Revealed man’s dark side using dread, terror, and suspense to hold the reader’s attention; explored tales of shame, obsession, revenge, madness
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