Test of the tests betch dudes/men Flashcards
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Washington Irving
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- First American to achieve international literary reputation
- Wrote Rip Van Winkle
2
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William Cullen Bryannt
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- Wrote Thanatopsis and Waterfowl
- Taught that adam and eve brought about the fall of nature as well
- Political poems
- Jacksonian Democrat
- Led free soil party
3
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- wrote from nature and self reliance
- Boston
4
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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- Wrote a psalm of life and the slaves dream
- Most beloved poet of his time
- Translated the divine comedy
5
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Edgar Allen Poe
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The cask of amontillado, The Raven
- poor
- Liked to drink a lot
- Believedthat poetry should only appeal to beauty
- half banter half satire
- detective story
6
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Harriet Jacobs
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Incidents in the life of a slave girl
7
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Henry David Thoreau
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- resistance of government
8
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Walt Whitman
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Song of myself, when I heard the learn’d astronomer
9
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Emily Dickson
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fly, a formal feeling comes, hope is the thing with feathers
