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-goes beyond the five senses
- spiritual
- evil is negative
- center of the universe is self
- Ralph Wardo Emerson (Nature, Self Reliance, Aphorisms)

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I have read the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and these elements of Gothic literature were all apparent in the novel.

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Characteristics
-mystery
-romance
-murder
-super natural
-wild, desolate landscapes
- ancient buildings

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-appealed to the common man and the learned
-read by families by the fire side for entertainment
-poets such as Longfellow, Holmes, Lowell, Whittier

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We have read The Minister's Black Veil which emphasized imagination and emotion and also interest in religion

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Literature from the American Romanticism

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Literature from the American Romanticism

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-The Scarlet Letter,  The Minister's Black Veil, Rappaccini's Daughter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
-The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving)

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-imagination and emotion were more important than reason
-center of importance was the individual
-nature was the source of spiritual refreshment
-nostalgia from the past
-preference for the common man
-interest in the supernatural
-concern for individual freedom
-intuition was more important

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was a rebellion against the Age of Reason

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I have learnt in history how the pamphlet he wrote called "Common Sense" swayed the public into supporting the cause for American independence from the British.

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-used a "plain-style" language
-Has written mostly pamphlets that were influential in the American Revolution

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Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, The Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry

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-looked to unite all religions
-stressed humanities inherent goodness
-provided principles for American Revolution and the system of government

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Puritan literature was faith based while the revolutionary period valued  reason over faith.
In the Age of Reason, most important literature were political documents and pamphlets such as the Declaration of Independence. Non fiction was more influential.

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In world history I have learnt how political and scientific advancements were based on reasoning in the Revolutionary period. And in the last unit, The Crucibles, we have seen how Puritan literature is faith based