ENGL-2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Anne Bradstreet, Ambrose Bierce
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Disocvery of new world, ship names, birds and fruits and trees quote (cid:498)the )roquois creation story(cid:499) (cid:523)pg (cid:883)(cid:889)-21) (cid:498)from letter to luis santangel regarding the first voyage(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:886)-26) (cid:498)prologue(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:891)(cid:889)-99) Son leaving, grace sown, preserve, protect, celebrate, persuade. Loss of grandchild, now in hands of god. Incidents in the life of slave girl (804-825) Dr. flint, mrs. flint, william, linda, mrs. sands, Key terms (cid:498)when lilacs last in dooryard bloom"d(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:883)(cid:882)(cid:889)(cid:883)-1077) (cid:498)an occurrence at owl creek bridge(cid:499) (cid:523)bb(cid:524) Catalogue long lists (listing states, cities, landmarks, natural things, birds, make. Sectional reconciliation bring together north and south to reestablish trade; american tradition, Creation story-symbolic narrative of a group of people describing their earliest beginnings; passed down about rebirth, resurrection and collective loss. Literary nationalism- create a distinct american tradition, hawthorne and whitman. Transcendentalist- emerson, thoreau, self discovery through nature; mid 19th century movement (literary, philosophical, religious); detachment form unitarian church; known for belief in over soul (universal consciousness)
