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| Puritanism Historical Context |
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1620-Early 1700s
-Mayflower to America
-Salem Witch Trials |
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| Rationalism Historical Context |
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-1750-1800s
-American, French Revolutions
-American colonies
-democracy
-2GA
-john locke/natural rights
-declaration of independence
-constitution |
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| Romaticism/Trans Historical Context |
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1800s-1850s
-expansion of publishing
-industrial revolution
-abolition movement
-napoleon = emperor of france
-louisiana purchase
-lewis and clark
-steamboats, telegraphs
-gold rush |
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-predestination
-selectivism
-angry god |
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| Rationalism religious views |
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| -church = social/political center |
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| Romantic/Trans Religious views |
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-oversoul: god is in nature
-nature is healing vs. cities
-spiritual force made of living things
-worship god through nature |
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-faith over reason
-faith in god will not get you to heaven, need good works
-ideal christian society
-exceptionalism
-simplicity
-superstition
-determinism
-education |
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-independence
-inalienable rights: life, liberty, property, pursuit of happiness
-rights for women, slaves
-gov is powered by the people |
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-imagination over reason
-intuition over fact
-fatastic human experience
-self reliance
-individualism |
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| Puritan man's essential nature |
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Definition
-man is essentially depraved
-saved by JC |
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| Rationalist man's essential nature |
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-man created good
-individualism |
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| Rom/Trans man's essential nature |
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-part of the divine
-essentially good |
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| Puritan view of society and nature |
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Definition
-manifest destiny
-right over nature
-community helps reach potential
-interconnectedness + responsibility
-city on a hill |
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| Rationalist view of society and nature |
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Definition
-natural rights
-right to overthrow gov
-look at world objectively
-scientific revolution |
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| Rom/Trans view of society and nature |
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-society = force of corruption, nature restores
-nature = purity |
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-religious
-utilitarian
-practical, frank, to the point |
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-biblical allusion, appeal to religion
-emotional appeals, pathos
-political docs
-persuasive
-poetry |
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-short stories
-novels
-poems
-gothic literature
-round characters
-literally/figuratively dark landscapes |
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-Anne Hutchinson
-William Bradford
-John Winthrop
-Anne Bradstreet (only poetry in this time) |
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| Rationalist major writers |
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Definition
-Patrick Henry
-Olympia deGouges
-Phyllis Wheatley
-Abigail Adams
-Ben Franklin
-Thomas Paine |
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-Poe
-Washington Irving
-Hawthorne
-Whitman
-Thoreau
-Emerson
-Longfellow
-Horace Mann
-Bryant |
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