The romantic period 1830-1870

Question 1

the five features of the romantic period

Answer 1

imagination, individuality, escape to nature, looking to the past for wisdom, simple people as heroes

Question 2

industrial revolution–> —->

Answer 2

overpopulated cities, escapism, imagery, back to nature, countryside, fictive places,

Question 3

the father of the american literature

Answer 3

Irving Washington

Question 4

Irvin Washington

Answer 4

Rip Van Winkle

Question 5

INDIVIDUALITY

Answer 5

immigration, different people, different places, melting pot, creation of something new

Question 6

romantic vs puritans

Answer 6

romantic literature looking to nature for God, contrary Puritans see nature as a devil.

Question 7

William Cullen Bryant

Answer 7

Thanatopsis, the cycle of life and death. Looking to nature for spiritual help.

Question 8

wisdom from the past

Answer 8

Fireside poets.

Question 9

Fireside poets

Answer 9

the widsom from the past,

Question 10

fireside poets

Answer 10

Lowell, Long-fellow, Whittier, Holmes

Question 11

common man hero

Answer 11

Bump-po, James Feni-more Cooper

Question 12

first American hero in the literature

Answer 12

Bumppo James Fenimore Cooper

Question 13

the father of American literature

Answer 13

Irving Washington

Question 14

Irvin Washington’s pseudonyms

Answer 14

Kni-cker-bo-cker, Geoffrey Crayon,

Question 15

Geoffrey Crayon

Answer 15

pseudo Irvin Washington; the Sketch book, The legend of sleepy hollow, Rip Van Winkle. / german tales influence

Question 16

Irvin Washington features, language

Answer 16

the irony, stuffy language, sarcasm, lefty and mocking

Question 17

Washington left NYC due to …

Answer 17

yellow fever, to Tarrytown, close Sleepy Hollow village and the Catskill mountain

Question 18

friend of Irvin Washington, influence

Answer 18

Walter Scott, German folklore

Question 19

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Answer 19

german folklore, romantic features imagination and supernatural

Question 20

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow characters

Answer 20

Ichabod Crane, Kathrina, Brom Bones, horse rider without the head

Question 21

Rip Van Winkle features

Answer 21

imagery, superstition - 20 years sleep, Hudson ghosts

Question 22

the theme of Rip Van Winkle

Answer 22

to escape a harsh reality to the countryside,

Question 23

supernatural fueling the theme of escapism

Answer 23

Rip Van Winkle, romantic features

Question 24

The Devil and Tom

Answer 24

1820based on the German story Faust, Irvin Washington

Question 25

Tom usurer, Old Scratch

Answer 25

Tom lending money in Boston, corruption, city, superstitious character, The Devil and Tom, Irvin Washington

Question 26

The moral story of Tom and the Devil

Answer 26

greed, wrong choices,

Question 27

symbols of Tom and the Devil, Irvin Washington
greed
temptation
hypocrisy
the chance of salvation
hell 
ill-chosen  path

Answer 27

Tom- greed
devil-temptation
Tom, the mortgages while reading the bible
the Bible
Indian village
Swamp

Question 28

the tendency to gain wisdom from the past Tom and DEVIL

Answer 28

Puritans saw the devil behind any tree.

Question 29

allegory is

Answer 29

when characters, objects, and plot represent more than the simple element of the story

Question 30

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Answer 30

Paul Revere’s Ride

Question 31

Paul Revere’s ride

Answer 31

the romantic poem, common-man hero, knowledge from the past
a narrative poem, description
lyric poem, rhythm,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Question 32

Listen, my children and you shall hear

Of the midnight ride of Paule Revere

Answer 32

American revolution, Paul Revere’s Ride, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow