American Literature in the Romantic Period

Flashcards covering key authors, works, and themes from American literature in the Romantic Period.

Who is considered the first writer to mold an autonomous American style and wrote 'Rip Van Winkle'?

Washington Irving

What is the title of the famous work by Harriet Beecher Stowe that addresses slavery?

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Which poet is known for the epic poem 'The Song of Hiawatha'?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What is the main theme of William Cullen Bryant's poem 'Thanatopsis'?

Reflection on death and the naturalness of it.

What form of writing did Edgar Allen Poe contribute to invent?

The detective story.

In which work did Nathaniel Hawthorne criticize the life of transcendentalism?

The Blithedale Romance.

Which novel by Herman Melville features the narrator Ishmael sailing with Captain Ahab?

Moby Dick.

What genre is associated with George Washington Harris's character Sut Lovingood?

Antebellum humorist literature.

Who is known as the father of free verse poetry in America?

Walt Whitman

What significant historical event does Henry David Thoreau address in his work 'Civil Disobedience'?

The moral imperative to resist unjust laws.

Which Fireside Poet wrote the poem 'Snow Bound'?

John Greenleaf Whittier.

What themes are prevalent in Emily Dickinson's poetry?

Death, nature, the self, and immortality.

What major literary movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson help initiate with his essay 'Nature'?

Transcendentalism.

What is one of the main subjects that James Fenimore Cooper explored in his works?

The unfair treatment of Native Americans.

Which character in a Nathaniel Hawthorne story represents the struggle against Puritanism?

Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter.

What type of poetry is Frances Ellen Watkins Harper best known for?

Abolitionist poetry inspired by themes similar to those in Uncle Tom's Cabin.