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Most popular American 19th century poet; was a fireside Poet, created an American folklore
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
They also serve who only stand and wait
A psalm of life
• “For the soul is dead that slumber
• But to act, that. Each to morrow find us farther than to day
A psalm of life
Author of a psalm of life
Henry wadsworth longfellow
Recognized mans sinned nature ; author of the scarlet letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Where is the setting in young Goodman brown
Salem( Massachusetts bay colony
What does the “old man” represent
The devil
What does the cloud represent
All humanity
Author of f young Goodman brown
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Father of short stories ; created detective story’s
Edgar Allan Poe
Point of view of the tell tail heart
First person
Author of the tell tell heart
Edgar allen Poe
Author of the raven
Edgar a. Poe
door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.
Raven
And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted—nevermore!
Raven
Reflects elements of Poe’s marriage
Anabelle lee
Born a slave became an abolitionist fough for civil rights for African Americans
Fredrick douglas
Writer for the narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglas
Fredrick Douglas
Tenants of transcendelism
- God is in all our nature ( pantheism)
- man has a spark of divinity
- man should rely on himself not
A transcendentalist; known for practical application of Emerson’s idea
Henry David thareou
Based on his exprimen nursing his brother in a civil war hospital in Washington DC
Wound-dresser
Author of wound dresser
Henry David thareou
Author of o captain my captain
Henry David thareou
Was written to Abraham Lincoln
0 captain my captain
What does the ship represent
The US
What does the captain represent
Pres. Lincoln
What does the voyage mean
Civil war
Conclusion of o captain my captain
We won the war but we lost a captain
A recluse; modern style poetry ; wrote about aspirations, love , nature, death and immortality
Emily Dickinson
What does hope represent in “hope”
Bird
Writer of hope
Emily Dickinson
Known for religion,science and morality ; great expansion industry
British empire covered 1/2 of the world
British Victorian era
Poet laureate; most popular Victorian poet; shown faith in God and doubt due to evolution
Alfred lord Tennyson
Author of Ulysses
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Theme of Ulysses
Determination to live a fulfilling life, even in old age
What is the charge of the light brigade about.
The Crimean war
Most famous female poet of her day most famous literary romance
Elizabeth Barrett browning
Author of sonnet from the Portuguese
Elizabeth Barrett browning
What is the Thor tracing in sonnet from the Portuguese
Her developing love for Robert browning
Her love has a spiritual element that transcendent this earth it has an all- encompassing reach. True love is eternal
Sonnet from the Portuguese
Master of the Dramatic monologue
Robert browning
Author of my last duches
Robert browning
What do we learn about the speaker in my last duchess
§ he’s untrustworthy
§ he’s controlling
§ Has an ego
§ He has to be the center of his wife’s life
§ He’s materialistic and jealous
Devout Christian; dominant theme of poetry; painful submissive to Gods will
Christina Rossetti
Author of a birthday
Christina Rossetti
What is the potential “love in a birthday
Christ
What is the ultimate birthday
The second coming of Christ
Author of remember
Christina rossetti
What perspective is remember
A dead persons
Jesuit priest: very influential on modern poets ( trad. Context,experimental, tech.
Gerald Manley Hopkins
What does is representing the Holy Spirit in gods grandeur
A dove
Became an agnostic; believed moral literature could replace religion desired to be a prophet— to enlighten society
Mathew Arnold
Faith leaving England; faith is more important
Dover beach
Major novelist and poet; became agnostic in college pessimistic; fate harms man
Thomas hardy
Author of Hap
Thomas hardy
• Reacting to Darwin’s origin of species
Believe the world is random, man’s fate based on blind chance
Hap
Written while undergoing procedures to save his. Leg from amputation (other one had already been amputated
Invicticus
Written while undergoing procedures to save his leg from amputation ( other one had already been amputated
Invictus
Themes of Invictus
Resilience while facing adversity (British stiff upper lip) free will asserted over fate
Agnosticism
Author of Invictus
William Ernest Henley
Author of huckleberry Finn
Mark twain
Point of view of huckleberry berry fin
First person
Local color
historical setting vernacular
Plot of Adventures of huckleberry fin
Adventure+ humor+serious+ social theme
Themes of adventures of huck
Satire on religion
Society’s inability to civil people
The humanity of all people ( Twain anti-slavery) octur
Sensible, practical, realistic, a survivor
Huck
Impractical, conformist, romantic
Tom
A slave; believable, compassionate, wise represents hucks moral compass
Jim
Known for seting stories in Louisiana; forerunner of American feminism
Kate chopin
Theme in a pair of silk stockings
- The instruction of marriage
New England novelist; focused on women whose lives were bounded by poverty and social constraints enforced by religious beliefs
Mary e Wilkins
Author of a pair of silk stockings
Kate Chopin
Theme of revolt of mother
Importance of comunicación in relationship
Local color of revolt of mother
regionalism New England farm life, dialect
A school of writers within realist periods ; humans are passive victims of social forces and environment influenced by evolution and survival of the fittest
Determinism
American naturalism
Outside influence determine a mans destiny
Determinism
• A civil war veteran
• Bitter Bierce
• Naturalist
Ambrose Bierce
Occurrence at owl creek bridge
Ambrose biercd
• One of America’s most popular short story writers
• Entertaining underlying fatalism
O Henry
The cop and the anthem
Fate wins determinism
O Henry’s real name
William Sydney porter
