Lecture 3
Romanticism
Influence of European Romanticism on American writers

1- The European Romantic movement reached America in the early?

19th century



2- American Romanticism was multifaceted and individualistic as it was in?

Europe

3- American Romanticism was?

*Multifaceted and individualistic as it was in Europe

*Like the Europeans, they demonstrateda high level of moral enthusiasm

*Commitment to individualism andthe unfolding of the self

*An emphasis on intuitiveperception

*And the assumption that thenatural world was inherently good, while human society was filled withcorruption



4- Romanticism became popular in American?

Politics, philosophy and art



5- The movement appealed to?

*The revolutionary spirit of America

*Those longing to break free ofthe strict religious traditions of early settlement

*Those in opposition of Calvinism which includes the belief that the destiny of each individual is preordained



6- The Romantics rejected?

Rationalism and religious intellect



7- The Romantic movement gave rise to?

New England Transcendentalism



8- New England Transcendentalism portrayed it what?

A less restrictive relationship between God and Universe



9- The new philosophy presented the individual with what?

A more personal relationship with God



10- Transcendentalism and Romanticism appealed to Americans in a similar fashion, for?

*Both privileged feeling over reason

*Individual freedom of expression over the restraints of tradition andcustom



11- The American Romantic movement often involved?

Rapturous response to nature



12- The American Romantic movement encouraged the rejection of?

Harsh, rigid Calvinism and promised a new blossoming of American culture



13- American Romanticism embrace?

The individual



14- American Romanticism rebelled against?

The confinement of neoclassicism and religious tradition



15- The Romantic movement in America created anew?

Literary genre that continues to influence American writers



16- Novels, short stories, and poems replaced?

The sermons and manifestos of yore



17- Romantic literature was personal, intense,and portrayed?

More emotion than ever seen in neoclassical literature



18- It became a great source of motivation for Romantic writers as many were delighted in free expression and emotion without so much fear of ridicule and controversy?

America's preoccupation with freedom



19- They also put more effort into the psychological development of their characters, and the main characters typically displayed?

Extremes of sensitivity and excitement



20- were the works of the Romantic Era the same as the preceding works?

It differed from preceding works



21- In the works of the they spoke to?

A wider audience, partly reflecting the greater distribution of books as costs came down during the period



22- Romantic period saw an increase in?

Female authors and also female readers



23- Poe, Emerson, and Hawthorne are near perfect of?

Representations for Romanticism



24- Poe's poetry has that happy, lyrical, and metrical verse His subjects may be gloomy, but his poems contain sentimentality and supernatural characteristics and are about exploring the?

Human psyche



25- Poe's poem, "The Raven", is about?

*a sleepless narrator who is absolutely haunted by a raven

*also exploring the depths of thisman’s grief



26- What is the reason for the narrator grief?

His mourning for the death of his lost Lenore and is very melancholy



27- The man asks questions about grief, but the raven will only answer with?

Nevermore



28- This event would never occur in real life,which makes the poem?

Romantic



29- Emerson is Romantic. Actually he is?

Transcendental, but this can be seen as an offshoot of Romanticism



30- In "Self Reliance," Emersone spouses the ideas of?

Transcendentalism



31- Emerson tells the reader things like the importance of trusting oneself and that we don't know everything by knowledge;some things are learned through?

Experience



32- The philosophy makes sense but is "out there" enough for it to be hard to incorporate into?

Everyday life



33- Discussing abstract ideas without translation to real life is?

Romantic as well



34- In his poem "Give All to Love,"he also talks of the importance to trusting oneself and giving oneself over to the?

Divine power of love



35- In Hawthorne's short stories, these abstract qualities take on?

A symbolic meaning



36- In "The Birthmark," Alymer was so involved in achieving?

Perfection, that he ended up killing his wife in the process



37- "Nature in romantic literature is moral; it bears symbolic meaning, and humans who challenge it with in adequate respect for the immanent power of the divine generally learn lessons in humility" who said that?

Virtual mentor



38- Who were these Romanticism writers?

*they were a diverse group of individuals varying from different backgrounds and styles

*one thing that they had in common was that they were all individualistic minded writers



39- "Young Goodman Brown"- "The Scarlet Letter"- "The House of Green Gables"-"one of the anti-romantics"

Nathaniel Hawthorne



40- "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Rym","A Tell Tale Heart", "The Raven" were written by?

Edgar Allan Poe



41- Edgar Allan Poe was known for being the?

*inventor of the American short stories

*known for his Gothic writings

*viewed the countryside as a phantasm or an illusionary mental image



42- "Rip Van Winkle", "Sleepy Hollow were written by?

Washington Irving



43- Washington Irving was known for?

*the father of American Literature

*saw the country as an escape fromcity life

*fought for copyright infringementlaws for authors



44-The controversial "Leaves of Grass", "Franklin Evans" were written by?

Walt Whitman



45- Walt Whitman was known for being?

One of the bridge poets between American Romanticism and the 20th century



46- ""Civil Disobedience" was written by?

Henry David Thoreau



47- Henry David Thoreau was?

A practical transcendentalist



48- "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was written by?

Harriet Beecher Stowe



49- Harriet Beecher Stowe-"Uncle Tom's Cabin". the little lady who started the Civil War and kept European nations from aiding the ……in the Civil War?

The south



50- "The Last of the Mohicans" was written by?

James Fenimore Cooper



51- James Fenimore Cooper was known as?

The father of the American novel



52- Emily Dickinson- "is My verse...alive"

Was one of the bridge poets between?

American Romanticism and the 20thcentury