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| 6147457495 | William Blake | The most mystical of the Romantic poets. In Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience he used the forms of popular songs and children's rhymes to contrast childhood innocence with the world of social experience. He opposed the rationalism and materialism of his time. | 0 | |
| 6147475085 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | With Wordsworth published "Lyrical Ballads." He was in the first generation of Romantic poets. "Lyrical Ballads" supported the notion of imagination over reason and emotion over logic. Used the ballad to convey a respect for nature and a respect for regular people. | 1 | |
| 6147490677 | Gothic Novel | A type of novel that deals with supernatural or exotic events, as well as irrational characters. These writers were interested in what lay beyond rational human knowledge. | 2 | |
| 6147501488 | John Keats | Was an important second generation poet. Poems deal with poems, beauty, and the connection of art and nature. Most famous poem is "Ode to a Grecian Urn." | 3 | |
| 6150696115 | Lyric Poetry | A single speaker conveys a thought, emotion, or sensory impression. Originally meant to be sung and can be any length. Types included are aubade, sonnet, ode, elegy, and dramatic monologue. | 4 | |
| 6150714882 | Romantic Poetry | This type of poetry emphasized the importance of feeling and emotion over logic and reason. These poets denounced traditional literary forms and subjects and traditional meter. | 5 | |
| 6150726927 | Romantic Movement | This brought cultural and societal change to both Europe and America. Emphasized emotion, imagination, and rebellion from traditional society. | 6 | |
| 6150847175 | Percy Bysshe Shelley | Second generation Romantic poet involved in radical politics. Believed poetry could have political power and also wrote about nature. | 7 | |
| 6150854836 | Poetry Style Analysis | Literary analysis that explores the relationship between style and meaning in a poem | 8 | |
| 6150860475 | Prose Style Analysis | Literary analysis that explores the relationship between style and meaning in prose | 9 | |
| 6150866443 | William Wordsworth | Argued that "Lyrical Ballads" was revolutionary in its attempts to overturn previous poetical traditions. | 10 | |
| 6151583001 | Emily Dickinson | Wrote original and highly symbolic poems filled with strong emotions and creative energy. Wasn't known during her time, but is an inspiration to female poets who came after. | 11 | |
| 6151595039 | Frederick Douglass | Is an African American writer who told his story in "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave." After his escape from slavery, he became a strong voice in the anti-slavery movement. He inspired later abolitionists as well. | 12 | |
| 6152905151 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | A Transcendentalist author who stressed the imaginative power of the mind over the power of artificial social constraints. Controversial because he attacked organized religion and materialism. | 13 | |
| 6152918001 | Frame Story | A main story is composed for telling other short stories within in; a story within a story | 14 | |
| 6152924597 | Herman Melville | A major American novelist who drew on his experiences as a sailor at sea. Wrote Moby Dick and focused his writings on good vs. evil and the individual vs. fate | 15 | |
| 6152933795 | Edgar Allan Poe | Wrote in gothic tradition, paying attention to the dark sides of life. Wrote poetry, but more well known for short stories. Father of detective fiction. | 16 | |
| 6152946319 | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her novel contributed to the growing feeling of anitslavery | 17 | |
| 6152952864 | Henry David Thoreau | Shared ideas about the importance of self reliance, individual freedom, and the natural world. Wrote "Walden" about living in nature and the wild in a rustic cabin. Also wrote a piece that advocates passive resistance as a form of political protest | 18 | |
| 6152977529 | Transcendentalist Movement | American Transcendentalist were mostly well educated people living in the era leading up to the Civil War. Their work and philosophy to define spiritual and religious beliefs with new discoveries and new modes of thought in an era of change. | 19 | |
| 6152999514 | Walt Whitman | Published "Leaves of Grass." It celebrates the individual and the potential for human harmony with nature. He used a long free-flowing form. His poem "Song of Myself" is considered one of the greatest poems in American Literature | 20 |
