Intro to Romanticism

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Flashcards: Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Gothic Literature

Romanticism Flashcards

Front: What are the key tenets of Romanticism?
Back: Emotion, individualism, imagination, reverence for nature, critique of society, originality, primitivism, medieval/Gothic influence, revolutionary spirit.

Front: Which authors are associated with English Romanticism?
Back: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, Emily Brontë.

Front: Which authors are associated with American Romanticism?
Back: Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman.

Front: What are the dates for the Romantic Period in England?
Back: 1798 (publication of Lyrical Ballads) to 1837 (coronation of Queen Victoria).

Front: What are the dates for the Romantic Period in America?
Back: 1828 (Andrew Jackson’s presidency) to 1865 (end of the Civil War).

Transcendentalism Flashcards

Front: What are the key tenets of Transcendentalism?
Back: Innate divinity, self-reliance, nature as divine, anti-dogma, idealism.

Front: Who are the key figures in Transcendentalism?
Back: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller.

Front: Name key works of Transcendentalism.
Back: Civil Disobedience (Thoreau), Walden (Thoreau), The Transcendentalist (Emerson).

Front: What period is also called the Age of Transcendentalism?
Back: The Romantic Period in American literature.

Gothic Literature Flashcards

Front: What are the key characteristics of Gothic literature?
Back: Mood of decay and terror, dramatic/violent action, destructive passions, grotesque elements, isolation/alienation.

Front: Name examples of Gothic literature.
Back: Frankenstein (Mary Shelley), Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë), The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe).

Front: How does Gothic literature connect to Romanticism?
Back: Shares themes of imagination, individuality, and mystery but focuses on darker, supernatural elements.

Dates Flashcards

Front: When did the Romantic Period begin in England?
Back: 1798, with the publication of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Front: When did the Romantic Period begin in America?
Back: 1828, when Andrew Jackson was elected president.

Front: What year marked the end of the Romantic Period in America?
Back: 1865, the end of the Civil War.

Key Authors Flashcards

Front: Who is associated with the concept of "self-reliance" in Transcendentalism?
Back: Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Front: Who wrote The Scarlet Letter?
Back: Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Front: Who pioneered detective fiction?
Back: Edgar Allan Poe (Murders in the Rue Morgue).

Front: What poet wrote in free verse and challenged poetic conventions?
Back: Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass).

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