quiz of lit or whatever Flashcards
Education
Women were not educated
Books were inflamed?
Fiction was seen to arouse imagination and passion. Women were restricted
Author of waverly
Sit Walter Scott
- Wrote historical fiction
Washington Irving
The first succesfull (able to make a living) American writer
- Influenced a wide variety of authors throughout the century
Technology advancements?
Railroad, expansions
Beliefs
Manifest Destiny
Gold Rush
Copyright protection?
No copyright protection overseas, things were expensive to get published.
Writers had to edit and publish books themselves
Anti Conformity vs Anti Consumerist
Formity: Rejection of social norms, expectations and behaviors that are followed by groups
Consumerism: A critique in the consumerist culture where people are expected to buy more. Argues that this can lead to materialism, consumerism, environmental degradation, and exploration of workers
Wars
Slaves and civil war
idealism vs nostalgia heavily criticized
Idealism: Jefferson wanted a society built on farmers and small governments, rooted in the enlightenment movements for freedom and equality.
Critic: His ideas didn’t take into account growing industries, commerce, and technology as this will eventually outpace a farm economy.
Nostalgia: A view of yearning for a simpler past.
Critic: This minimized the injustice and inequality that happened at the time due to slavery
Ignores progress
ROmantic Ideas
Intuition over rational thinking
Emotion over reason
Subjective over objective
Humans r born good and get corrupted from society
Imagination
Nature/Wilderness
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