HARD HARD STUPID ENGLISH SCARLET LETTER
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- What was each authors main contribution
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Poe- detective story, short story, altered mental states of mind
Irving- Father of american literature
cooper- first great american artist
hawthorne- first psychological author - When did american literature start
- 1492
- When was huck finn written beggining all modern american literature
- 1885
- How did puritans feel about fiction?
- they beleived telling a story was telling a lie and that it stimulated unhealth emotions
- How did the authors of early american literature treat their own work
- they tried to play it off as non fiction stories including psuedonyms and fake manuscripts
- What was a reoccuring them in stories of early american literature?
- using verisimilitude to put their stories into a realistic setting and making their stories have morals or fables
- When was washington irving's lifespan and who was he named after.
- (1783-1859) George Washington
- What was the last book Irving published?
- George washington biography 5th edition
- What was irvings psuedonym
- Jonothan Oldstyle
- what was irvings beleif on literature
- it had to move beyond instruction, ratification, and patriotism
- leviathan
- anything of immense size
- brickbat
- a brick used for throwing
- pathos
- something that brings forth emotion
- odious
- disgusting or highly offensive
- decorus
- proper behavior
- eschew
- to keep away from something as though it was wicked
- lucid
- clear
- punctilious
- exact and strict in observing standards of behavior
- What is the devil and tom walker a spin off of what german tale
- "The Faust Legend"
- Who is Rufus Griswold
- wrote a slanderus obituary about Poe
- What are poes tales called
- Tales of Ratiocination
- Which two poe stories represent detective
- Murders in Rue Moreg and Purloined Letter
- Which poe stories represent Horror
- Black Cat and Casque of Amontillado
- When and where was Hawthorne born and when did he die
- 1804 in salem and died in 1864
- What are 4 key elements of Poe's work
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Sin
Guilt
isolation
pride - Who was the detective Poe invented
- Dupin
- What are the conventions of a mystery
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People are dying
people resent detective
crime seems unsolvable
unjustly accused suspect
totally rational solution based on meaningless clues and a detailed explanation by detective - What did poe seek to perfect
- the short story
- What shaped poes life at age of 3
- mothers death
- What did poe write about
- the reality of death
- What did poe not write about
- his experiences
- Who is hawthornes model for hester
- his mom
- Who are hawthornes famous classmates
- Frankline pierce(Who got him jobs) Henry Wadsworth longfellow
- When was the scarlet letter written
- 1850
- How many novels did hawthorne write
- 4
- List two theories of detection that dupin uses
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1.) See through the mind of the opponent
2.) dont ignore the obvious - What is an allegory
- story where everything is a symbol
- What are the seven trends of romanticism
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Imagination
Individualism
Idealism
Nature
National Life
Supernatural
Past - ratiocination
- formal process of step by step reasoning