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Ambrose Bierce

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Realism

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Mark Twain

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Realism

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Zora Hurston

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Harlem

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Claude McKay

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Harlem

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Upsurge in African American Cultural expression

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Harlem

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Henry James

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Realism

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Characters are more important than the plot

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Realism

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Concentration is on the middle class

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Realism

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Mystery of Heroism

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Naturalism

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Jack London

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Naturalism

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The Open Boat

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Naturalism

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Determinism

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Naturalism

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Characters are dominated by external and internal forces

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Naturalism

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Stephen Crane

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Naturalism

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The Scarlet Letter

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Anti Transcendentalism

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Human Nature has a dark side

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Anti Transcendentalism

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Herman Melville

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Anti Transcendentalism

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Deals with the question of evil

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Anti Transcendentalism

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Fireside poets

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Romantics

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Gothic

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Romantics

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Washington Irving

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Romantics

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True American Hero

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Romantics

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The Fall and the House of Usher

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Romantics

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Edgar Allen Poe

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Romantics

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Thoreau
Transcendentalism
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Emerson
Transcendentalism
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Transparent Eyeball
Transcendentalism
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Self reliance
Transcendentalism
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Walden
Transcendentalism
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Utopias
Transcendentalism
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Equiano
Enlightenment
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Jonathan Edwards
Enlightenment
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Ben Franklin
Enlightenment
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Thomas Payne
Enlightenment
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Political in nature
Enlightenment
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Men had the ability to protect themselves
Enlightenment
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Anne Bradstreet
Puritan
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The first American Poet
Puritan
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Captivity Narrative
Puritan
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Mary Rowlandson
Puritan
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John Smith
Puritan
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William Bradford
Puritan
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All work is non fiction
Puritan
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John Steinbeck
Modernism
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Stream of Consciousness
Modernism
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Expatriates
Modernism
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Fitzgerald
Modernism
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Influenced by Psychology
Modernism
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Imaginism
Modernism
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The intrusion of an outsider
Regionalism
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Setting is usually remote
Regionalism
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Robert Frost
Regionalism
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Brett Harte
Regionalism
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Eudora Welty
Regionalism
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Flannery O’Connor
Regionalism
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Religion over everything
Puritan
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Reason over religion
Enlightenment
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Feelings over reason
Romantics
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Nature over everything
Transcendentalism
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Dark Nature over everything
Anti Transcendentalism
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Reality over imagination
Realism
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Determinism over reality
Naturalism
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Opinions over Patriotism
Modernism
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Culture over society
Harlem
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Local over national
Regionalism
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List movements in order
Puritan Enlightenment Romantics Trans Anti Trans Realism Naturalism Modernism Harlem Regionalism
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Anti Trans Basics (3)
Nature is indifferent, unforgiving, and often unexplainable People possess the potential for both good and evil The Truths of existence are elusive
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Characteristics of Realism (3)
Characters are more important than the plot. Often complex ethical choices are subjects of these works Events are usually plausible Objectivity (not your own opinion) is very important. The author’s voice is rarely heard
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Effect of Harlem (2)
A literary movement running parallel to the modernist movement It ran roughly from 1910-1930 and was focused in Harlem New York
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5 I's
``` Intuition Imagination Innocence Inspiration from nature Inner Experience ```

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