2) American Romanticism I Flashcards
Name the 1820s authors
Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant, Lydia Maria Child, Catherine Maria Sedgwick
Who was the first American author popular in Europe?
Washington Irving
What was Washington Irving’s pseudonym?
Geoffrey Crayon, Diedrich Knickerbocker
Which author did spend a lot of time in Europe?
Washington Irving
Wahington Irving
Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Which author was influenced by Sir Walter Scott?
James Fenimore Cooper
Which genre is the Last of the Mohicans?
Historical romance
What are Native Americans characters like in the works of Cooper?
idealized and romanticized (“noble savage” as Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans) or demonized (primitive beasts as Magua in The Last of the Mohicans)
Name the five stories in Leatherstocking Tales
The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer
Who is the central character in Leatherstocking Tales?
Natty Bumppo, Leatherstocking, The Pathfinder, Deerslayer, Hawkeye, La Longue Carabine
Characterize Natty Bumpoo
pioneer, backwoodsman, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, fur trader, militia man, the first American folk hero
What was the Oregon Treaty?
The boundary between the U.S. and Canada along the 49th parallel north
Why was the Oregon Trail dangerous?
Because of illnesses, accidents, exhaustion
What was the frontier?
The juncture between civilization and wilderness, it is what made America different from Europe
William Cullen Bryant
Thanatopsis, The Praries
