19th Century Writers Flashcards
What is Kate Chopin best known for?
Her writing about the inner lives of sensitive daring women.
Name one development of American poetry during the nineteenth century?
The experimentation with unusual syntax and rhythmic patterns.
What is transcendental philosophy?
Experience (not logic) for the revelation of the deepest truths. An extension of the British Romanticists in New England (e.g. Thoreau)
Who are three authors that contributed to the slave narrative genre in American literature?
Harriet Jacobs, William Wells, Olaudah Equiano
When did the Civil War begin
1861
Name two renown trescendentalists?
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
What were the New England Brahims
Academics and Aristocrats from Cambridge and Boston that adapted European style of narrative
When was there a spirit of reform in America?
1848
Which authors wrote in favor of abolition?
William Lloyd Garrison, and John Greenleaf Whitier
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Author who wrote with elements of contemporary humor and sentimentalist said to precipitate the American Civil War. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Name some fiction writers of the 19th century?
Herman Melville, Nathanial Hawthorne
Why did Walt Whitman have a hard time gaining popularity?
he was frank and unconventional in his Transcendental thinking, because he used free verse rather than rhymed or regularly metred verse, and because his poems were not conventionally organized.
What is naturalism?
Naturalism is a literary genre that started as a movement in late nineteenth century in literature, film, theater, and art. It is a type of extreme realism. This movement suggested the roles of family, social conditions, and environment in shaping human character.
What did author Henry James believe?
he thought that fiction should reproduce reality
Though the 19th century was a poor time for poetry, what two poets stand out?
Emily Dickinson
