ENGL-2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Young Goodman Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dark Romanticism
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Seems like brom bones pranks ichabod and then he moves away. Nice to kids with mothers who cook: idiosyncrasy. Do(cid:373)esti(cid:272) gothi(cid:272): fa(cid:373)iliar, pla(cid:272)e that does(cid:374)"t see(cid:373) dark. Guy tries to convince you he"s not crazy by saying story how he tried to save family and was weird about controlling. Definition of love is who will obey him: nathaniel hawthorne alice doans appeal and young goodman brown. His ancestor was a judge at salem witch trial. He was ashamed and changed spelling of his name. Alice doans appeal is two tales in one gothic vs historical. Trust gets messed up because everyone he trusted was in a dream about satanic ritual. U(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)ds that e(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e has a(cid:374) e(cid:448)il (cid:271)ut does(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)ays sho(cid:449) it. Poetry enjament: poet decides where line begins and ends: fireside poets. First group of american poets to rival the british in popularity. Henry wadsworth longfellow, john greenleaf wittier, oliver wendell holmes.
