Quiz 3 Flashcards
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what was the romantic period of literature
The political and economic atmosphere at the time heavily influenced this period, with many writers finding inspiration from the French Revolution. There was a lot of social change during this period.
what is gothic literature
- romantics rejected reason and empiricism
- intuition, imagination, emotin, and communion with nature
- subtype of romantic literature
what author wrote the Mask of the Red death
edgar allen poe
what happened to edgar allen poe’s parents
mother died when he was 2 and his father left
who raised poe
his foster father
what did poe’s foster father want him to be
he wanted him to get into business just like he did
why did poe’s foster father disown him
because Poe wanted to become a writer
what university did poe drop out of
university of Virginia
how much money did poe’s foster father give him that lead to him dropping out
$150
who did poe’s fiance marry
someone else
what happened after poe went to the army
he got expelled from west point
when did poe start writing poetry
as a teenager
was poe paid a lot for his published work
no
what jobs was poe getting
working at a magazine job, and the magazine that he owned failed
what did poe do with his cousin,what happened to his cousin after
- married her when she was 13, she died from tuberculosis at age 24
what was sad about poe’s death
his wife had died, his old fiance was widowed and they were planning to get married then when he stopped in Baltimore he was found dead outside a tavern in clothes that were not his and he was in a delirium and later died after
what were poe’s demons
Alcoholism and other substances
did poe’s readers think he was insane himself
yes
what type of writing did poe write
literary criticism, he is known for his short stories about the raven
what was poe considered a father of
modern detective fiction and horror tales
what well known modern writer loved poe’s work
stepehen king
did poe make money off of his writing, and what did he say we needed better laws on
- no he didn’t and he lectured on better copy right laws
what did poe claim about poetry
that is should be beautiful above all else
why did he write gruesome things
he believed in the insanity of art
