American Romanticism, Gothic Lit, and Catcher in the Rye 1-4

American Romanticism valued

• feelings over reason

• logic over intuition

• scaring people

• logic over emotions

Romanticists found beauty in

• Churches

• progress

• unspoiled nature

• making money

Elements of Romanticism include (check all that apply):

• Optimism

• trust in progress

• Frontier

• escapism

Nature is a source of (check all that apply)

• refuge

• spiritual guidance

• fear

• beauty

American Romantic writers split into 2 groups :

• Transcendentalistsand Dark Romantics

• Good and evil Romantics

• North Romantics and South Romantics

• Dark Romantics and Realists

Edgar Allan Poe was

• Realist

• Transcendentalist

• Dark Romantic

• Light Romantic

Most of the women in Poe's life _______

• lived a long life

• died of natural causes

• died of tuberculosis

• were immoral.

Poe married his

• sister

• cousin

• aunt

• stepmother

Many Transcendental authors were also _____.

• Abolitionists

• Farmers

• Artists

• All of the Above

Answer explanation

Almost all Transcendental authors were abolitionists, as well as fighters for women's rights and the rights of indigenous Americans.

What period dominated literature and life before Transcendentalism?

• Revolutionary

• Puritan

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

Answer explanation

The Puritans helped settle the American colonies. They tried to understand life through God and organized religion. This ideology dominated the American colonies for quite sometime.