final Flashcards

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timeline of eras studied

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anlgo saxon era
medevil era
enlightenment era
romantic era
victorian era

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when was the norman invasion

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1066

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what 2 events brought beowulf back to life

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lecture by jrr tolken
archeological dig at sutton ho

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what did the enlightenment emphasize

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humanism
skeptisim
science
individualism

educated europeans to begin to reason as the key to human progress

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what 3 events led to the enlightenment

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scientific revolution
the renassance
the reformation (the english civil war )

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what was the result of the enlightement era

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revolutions

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english coffeehouses were

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places in which men would meet and discuss enlightenment ideas, no women aloud

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french saloons were

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places in which women would host enlightement thinking and ideas to be shared in their homes

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writers in the enlightenement values what 3 things

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wit
critique
rational thought

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two popular generes of writting at this time were

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satire
essays

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which if these was not a trait valued by enlightenment thinkers

skeptisizm
science
superstition

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superstition

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define satire

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Using humor or critique as a way to point out flaws in a society

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13
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time period between 1700s 1800s

victorian era
anglo saxon era
romantic era
enlightenment era

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romantic era

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what did the romantics value the most

humanity
nature
science
individualism

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nature

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why did the romantic era arise following the enlightement era

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Concerned that science was “taking over” and devaluing the best parts of the human experience, Romantics wanted to focus on feeling/experience rather than reason/logic.

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16
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author of “to a Louse”

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Burns

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17
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author to “my Heart Leaps up”

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wordsworth

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Author of “The World is Too Much With Us”

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wordsworth

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Author of “Afton Water”

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Burns

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Author of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”

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wordsworth

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author of “to a mouse”

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Author of “Auld Lang Syne”

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author of “Kubla Khan”

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author of “rime of the anctient mariner”

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author of "the lamb"
Blake
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author of "the Tyger"
blake
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author of "The Divine Image
blake
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author of "she walks in beauty"
lord byron
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author of "Child Harolds pilgrimage”
Lord Byron
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author of “When I have Fears that I may cease to be”
john keats
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author of "“Ode on a Grecian Urn”
john keats
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author of “A thing of Beauty”
john keats
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author of "Mutibility"
percy shelly
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author of "ozymandius"
percy shelly
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author of "ode to the west wind"
percy shelly
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author of "frankenstein"
mary shelly
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author of “A vindication of the rights of Woman”
mary shelly
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how were percy shelly and mary shelly connected
they were married
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poet who was wild in his lifestyle and wanted to be perceived as knowledgeable and scholarly
lord byron
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who wrote songs of innocence and songs of experience
blake
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how are coleridge and blake connected
they wrote the Lyrical Ballads together
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byronic hero
a type of fictional character who is a moody, brooding rebel, often one haunted by a dark secret from his past.
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old english
influenced by latin: Old English is the Anglo-Saxon language used from 400s to about 1100
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middle english
influenced by french: Middle English was used from the 1100s to about 1400s
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modern english
Modern English is the language used from 1400 onwards
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imperialism
when one country extends power through diplomacy, economy, or military force | driven by social darwinism and racism
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white mans burden
England believed that other countries needed help becoming a better race by being governed and developed into a more superior race
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victorians belived that nature | A) was harsh and cruel B) was beautiful
was harsh and cruel