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Puritanism
The puritans used the Bible as a guide for their writing. They found similarities between the events that happened in their own lives to the events that were written in the Bible. Puritans called their style of writing ‘plain style’ and it was described as simple with the use of everyday speech. -
To my dear and loving husband
A simple, breif love poem written by Anne Bradstreet to her spouse -
Sinners in the hands of an angry god
Sinners in the hands of an angry god, Written by Jonathan Edwards, Is a sermon he preached. -
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Rationalism
People started to question divine right of monarchs in England, so a new movement called the Enlightenment began to spread. Out of that a philosophy developed called rationalism or the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using reason. Rationalists felt God gave humanity reason to discover both scientific and spiritual truth, known as deism. -
Rise of Rationalism
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Patrick Henry's speach to the VA Convention
Patrick Henry's famous speach that includes his famous line "Give me liberty, or give me death." -
Declaration of Independence
Written mostly by Thomas Jefferson and our countries founding fathers. Basically (in the words of Mr. Spicer) it's a break up letter with England. -
From the American Crisis
Written by Thomas Paine, it is a collection of 16 pamphlets in all that outline the early beginnings of the revolution and his philosophies. -
Benjamin's speach in the convention
Benjamin Franklin gave a speach on the last day of the Continental Congress about our relationship with nature. -
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Romantacism
The main ideals of this liturary period were human interactions -
The Devil and Tom Walker
Written by Washington Irving about survival of the fittest, this novel takes on new literature and controvercial subjects. -
From Nature; Self-Reliance (essay)
Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the essay outlined his ideas about the manifestation of the universal spirit in nature. -
The Raven
Written by the ever famous Edgar Allen Poe, this grim poem defines human emoitions and darkness -
The Scarlet Letter
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is about a woman who is punished for comitting adultery -
Moby Dick
Written by Herman Melvin, about the perilous tale of Captain Ishmael and his quest for revenge. -
From Walden (essay)
Written by Henry David Thoreau about relationship with Nautre/Society -
Leaves of Grass (poetry)
Written by Walt Whitman, it expressed the need for the United States to write about the new country's virtues and vices. -
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
Written by Henry Wadsworth Irving about Alienation and isolation