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"Things do not change; we change" Thoreau |
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"...we hold these truths to be self-evident..." |
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belief that people are basically good |
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settings are long ago and far away |
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Revolutionary or Transcendentalism |
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emphasis on the goodness of man |
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Gilgamesh and Aesop's Fables |
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Interest in folk language, art, and music |
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"Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation." |
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rejection of traditional themes |
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Kate Chopin and Mark Twain |
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description and documentation |
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belief that man is selfish |
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reference to everyday, ordinary objects |
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"the Devil and Tom Walker" |
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Transcendentalims or Rationalism or Romanticism |
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co-exist with Romanticism |
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preoccupation with sin and salvation |
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co-existed with Rationalism |
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"to be great is to be misunderstood" |
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song chants to a regular beat |
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Stephen Crane and Jack London |
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America is the new "Eden" |
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Belief in Satan and witches as real evil |
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Emphasis on the strength of man |
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interested in scientific research |
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conflict between man's desires and instincts |
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interest in inner-workings of the mind |
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lessons about values and ideals of culture |
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focused on politics and nature of government |
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amoral attitude of author |
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settings are here and now |
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based their works on Plato and Socrates |
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"sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
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popular during the enlightment |
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"Thanatopsis" and "The chambered Nautilus" |
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see nature as a divine entity |
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emphasis on the struggle of man |
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survival of the fittest (Darwinism) |
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focus on the human spirit |
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animalistic and neurotic characters |
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truth is reached through intuition |
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strong belief in education |
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emphasis on personal feelings and emotions |
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interest in the mysterious and supernatural |
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spiritual valued over the material |
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