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| Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
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| Born and lived in Salem, Massachusetts. |
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| Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
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| Developed an interest in the Puritans, but also believed in the value of self-examination. |
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| Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
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| Like Poe, he used much symbolism in his work. |
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| The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
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| Considered to be America's first symbolic novel. |
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| Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
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| His main themes involved the problems of moral and social responsibility. |
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| Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
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| Hated the hypocrisy of the religion and the arrogance of science. These, too, are themes in his works. |
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| Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
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| About a man who leaves his wife named Faith, and meets the Devil in the woods. |
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| Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
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| Tells that the Devil can be anywhere and everywhere and be in the form of people you know. |
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| Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
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| Evil nature is worse within an individual than it is on the outside. |
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| Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) |
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| At the end of this story, the main character is never able to find hope again in his heart. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| Parents died early and he was raised by Mr. Allen, a wealthy tobacco exporter. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| Attended the University of Virginia. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| Known for use of symbolism but was not didactic like Hawthorne. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| Wanted his art to simutaneously appeal to reason and emotion by insisting that a work of art is not a fragment of the author's life or created to instruct but an object created for beauty. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| Established a new symbolic poetry. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| Formalized the new short story. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| Invented detective fiction and broadened science fiction. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| Brought psychological analysis into fiction. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| Pioneered the field of critical theory. |
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| The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe |
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| A poem about a dark bird. |
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| Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe |
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| A poem about a very strong love this author has with a girl. |
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| Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| Writer who had a fear of being buried alive. |
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The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| A short story about a man who journeys alone, descriptions of dark/gloomy house and its landscape. People die in this house and so does the house. |
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The Purloined Letter
by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) |
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| A short story about a letter that is stolen from an important woman and a man named Dupin recovers it. |
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| Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| Lived in Concord, Connecticut which was small in this author's day but was the center of an important intellectual circle. |
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| Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| Attended Harvard but opted out of school, saying that living the "poem" was more important than writing it. |
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| Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| His active concern for social issues shaped his writing. |
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| Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| His belief in the transcendental unity of humanity and nature shaped his writing. |
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| Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| He was considered ahead of his time because he advocated pacific resistance as an instrument of the minority opinion - an idea later copied by both Gandhi and Martin Luther King. |
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| Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| He was considered ahead of his time because he advocated refraining from consumerism and becoming more self-reliant. |
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| Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| He was considered ahead of his time because he advocated raising one's own food and even vegetarianism. |
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| Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| He was an economic and social individual but chiefly remembered for his accurate and sympathetic reporting of nature. |
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| A story by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| In this story the author/narrator built his cabin for about $28 in materials. |
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| Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| The house was measured at 10 ft. by 15 ft. |
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| Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| He used as many recycled materials as he could. |
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| Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| He furnished his home very simply. |
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| Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| He movied into his home on July 4, 1846. |
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| Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| He lived in his home for 26 months. |
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| Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) |
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| He did leave occasionally to visit town and neighbors. |
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| Born on farm on Long Island in 1819; father Brititsh, mother Dutch. |
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| Leaves of Grass July 4th 1855 published in New York. NOT signed. Only a picture of the artist with his hat cocked to the side - and his name in the poem. |
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| Not well received except by Emerson who greeted him "at the beginning of a great career." |
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| Brother George wounded in 62 in the Civil War. This author went and served as a nurse and was a strict abolitionist. |
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| Also worked as printer and journalist. |
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| 1881 definitive version of Leaves of Grass published. District Attorney of New York banded some of his work including "To a Common Prostitute." |
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| Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
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| Poem that prasises the value of the common both in man and nature. |
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| Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
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| Poem that abandons syllable counting and structured accents. |
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| Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
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| Poem that makes use of the everday language of man. |
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| Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
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| Poem that shows that art grows naturally, not artificially, from its source. |
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| Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
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| Poem that is written in free verse and features long, rolling lines, that is written in 52 stanzas. |
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| Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
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| Poem that uses alliteration and parallelisms to build momentum. Edgy and rough poem. |
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| Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
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| Poem that boasts and celebrates the universal poet, and uses catalogues like the Greek classics and themes of social activist. |
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