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APUSH- Chapter 12: Antebellum Culture & Reform, Terms and Review- KEY
Terms to Know: Define these terms and demonstrate why each person, event, concept, or issue is important. Include page numbers please!
1. Romanticism = (Pg. 319) Part of a broad array of movements intended to adapt society to its new conditions. Optimistic faith in human nature; stood in marked contrast to traditional Protestant assumptions of original sin. Reformers argued that individuals should strive to give full expression to the inner spirit, should work to unleash their innate capacity to experience joy and to do good.
2. James Fenimore Cooper = (Pg. 320) The first great American novelists. Author of over 30 novels in 30 years; known as a master of adventure and suspense. Evoked the American wilderness. Leatherstocking Tales: The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer. Explored the American frontiersman’s experience with Indians, pioneers, violence & the law.
3. Walt Whitman = (Pg. 321) Self-proclaimed poet of American democracy. Leaves of Grass. Poems were an unrestrained celebration of democracy, of the liberation of the individual, and of the pleasures of the flesh as well as of the spirit; yearning for emotional & physical release.
4. Herman Melville = (Pg. 321) Author of Moby Dick, a story of courage and of the strength of individual will, but also a tragedy of pride & revenge. Believed that the human spirit was a troubled, often self-destructive force.
5. Edgar Allen Poe = (Pg. 321) Produced sad/ macabre stories. Tamerlane and Other poems, The Raven. Evoked images of individuals rising above the narrow confines of intellect and exploring the deeper world of the spirit and the emotions, which contained pain & horror. a. Part of Southern Romanticism movement, along with: Beverly Tucker, William Alexander Caruthers, John Pendleton Kennedy, William Gilmore Simms, and Mark Twain.
6. Transcendentalists = (Pg. 322) Borrowed
Terms to Know: Define these terms and demonstrate why each person, event, concept, or issue is important. Include page numbers please!
1. Romanticism = (Pg. 319) Part of a broad array of movements intended to adapt society to its new conditions. Optimistic faith in human nature; stood in marked contrast to traditional Protestant assumptions of original sin. Reformers argued that individuals should strive to give full expression to the inner spirit, should work to unleash their innate capacity to experience joy and to do good.
2. James Fenimore Cooper = (Pg. 320) The first great American novelists. Author of over 30 novels in 30 years; known as a master of adventure and suspense. Evoked the American wilderness. Leatherstocking Tales: The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer. Explored the American frontiersman’s experience with Indians, pioneers, violence & the law.
3. Walt Whitman = (Pg. 321) Self-proclaimed poet of American democracy. Leaves of Grass. Poems were an unrestrained celebration of democracy, of the liberation of the individual, and of the pleasures of the flesh as well as of the spirit; yearning for emotional & physical release.
4. Herman Melville = (Pg. 321) Author of Moby Dick, a story of courage and of the strength of individual will, but also a tragedy of pride & revenge. Believed that the human spirit was a troubled, often self-destructive force.
5. Edgar Allen Poe = (Pg. 321) Produced sad/ macabre stories. Tamerlane and Other poems, The Raven. Evoked images of individuals rising above the narrow confines of intellect and exploring the deeper world of the spirit and the emotions, which contained pain & horror. a. Part of Southern Romanticism movement, along with: Beverly Tucker, William Alexander Caruthers, John Pendleton Kennedy, William Gilmore Simms, and Mark Twain.
6. Transcendentalists = (Pg. 322) Borrowed