Checkup 3 Flashcards
Sir Walter Scott was a ________ who found in the Middle Ages the history, people, and settings for many of his __________.
romantic; novels
Unlike the other romantics, Sir Walter Scott believed that _____________ came first in life, not feelings.
principles
Like ___________, the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott was a reviver of Scottish culture and a writer of ballads and novels.
Robert Burns
The historical novel was the invention of ________________.
Sir Walter Scott
Both Sir Walter Scott and Jane Porter portrayed great national heroes in their novels, but Miss/Jane’s Porter’s character was also an exemplary _________________.
Christian
___________________ believed that good literature should blend reason with imagination.
Sir Walter Scott
A major prose innovation of the Romantic Period was the __________________.
familiar essay
Three leading essayists of the Romantic Period were:
Thomas de Quincy, Charles Lamb, and William Hazlitt
The term, familiar style, was coined by _____________.
William Hazlitt
Writing that is simple, natural, and straightforward
Familiar style
Charles Lamb of London was the much-loved _______________, whose career was advanced by his love for books and his friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
familiar essayist
Because of its musical quality and personal style, the familiar essay is also called _________________.
the prose lyric
