major works/authors

Question 1

new england puritanism characteristics?

Answer 1

17th century. lifestyle that consisted of pious, consecrated actions. doctrinal emphasis on work instead of leisure led to the development of a mindset averse to sport and recreation.

Question 2

new england puritan writers

Answer 2

Cotton Mather, John Davenport, and Jonathan Edwards.

Question 3

what is transcendentalism?

Answer 3

an idealistic philosophical and social movement that developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism. taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity, and its members held progressive views on feminism and communal living.

Question 4

transcendentalist writers?

Answer 4

Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, the Alcotts

Question 5

what is naturalism?

Answer 5

a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail.

Question 6

naturalist writers?

Answer 6

Émile Zola, Charles Darwin, Edith Wharton

Question 7

what is the harlem renaissance?

Answer 7

rebirth of African American arts