Puritan Era Research Paper

American Literature Test
Terms Definitions Colonial New England period is also known as what? Puritan Era When was Jamestown established? 1607 When did the Separatists come to the New World? 1620 When did the Puritans come to America? 1630 When the Puritans came to America, where did they land? Massachusetts Bay What are the literary characteristics of the Colonial New England period? Unadorned, simple, useful, natural, utalitarian, didactic, and Biblical What are the Genres of the Colonial New England period? Propaganda (early), sermons, biographies, histories, poetry, diaries, journals, and tales of Indian captivities What types of poetry was in the Colonial New England period? Rhymed statements, long, didactic poems, historical verse,
Herman Melville An American writer in the 1800s who drew on his experiences at sea and living on South Pacific islands for material and also wrote "Moby Dick". In addition, he rejected the optimism of the transcendentalists and felt that man faced a tragic destiny. Emily Dickinson wrote "Wild Nights--Wild Nights!;" "I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died," and "Because I Could Not Stop For Death--;" 19th century poet; major themes: flowers/gardens, the master poems, morbidity, gospel poems, the undiscovered continent; irregular capitalization, use of dashes & enjambment, took liberty with meter Emma Lazarus poet, wrote "The New Colossus" (5 lines of which are on the statue of liberty) Mark Twain Master of satire. A regionalist writer who gave his stories "local color" through dialects and detailed descriptions. His works include The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, "The Amazing Jumping Frog of Calaverus County," and stories about the American