Humanities 8 Flashcards
Created the scientific method
predicted the scientific revolution
known for optimism and enthusiasm
Sir Francis Bacon
Who wrote:
New Atlantis - about a Utopian society based on science
Sir Francis Bacon
Puritan minister who wrote sermons during The Great Awakening?
Jonathan Edwards
What was The Great Awakening?
sought to revive religion after the Age of Reason
Who wrote:
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
(about predestined beliefs, fire and brimstone, Puritan)
Jonathan Edwards
Who wrote pamphlets during the American Revolution that encouraged rebellion against British rule and were written in language for the common man?
Thomas Paine
Who wrote the famous pamphlets:
Common Sense
The American Crisis
Thomas Paine
Who were considered a power couple of the 1790’s and were the parents of Mary Shelley?
Mary Wollstone Craft and William Godwin
Which writer inspired the feminist movement and wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Men?
Mary Wollstone Craft
Which writer was the first anarchist and developed the first mystery novel (The Adventures of Caleb Williams)?
William Godwin
What did William Godwin do after his wife Mary Wollstone Craft’s death?
Ruined her reputation by publishing and autobiography detailing her unusual ways that ruined her reputation
Which 16th century English writer was a courier, governor, poet, and a really important English critic?
Sir Philip Sidney
pioneered literary criticism
Which 16th century English critic wrote:
Defense of Poesy (argument for the fictional arts)
Astrophel and Stella (a sonnet cycle)
Sir Philip Sidney
Which 19th century British writer emphasized utilitarianism and a hands-off live and let live ethics?
John Stuart Mill
Which British author wrote:
On Liberty
Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
