Across
- 4. VOCABULARY: an economic system built on large industries (factories, machines), not agriculture (farming)
- 6. VOCABULARY: to support or defend
- 8. Transcendentalists believed in living simple lives; not being overly concerned with accumulating ______ (lots of money).
- 14. VOCABULARY: The _____ period was an artistic and
- 15. VOCABULARY: the ability to feel or be aware of something
- 18. VOCABULARY: to give advice or guidance to someone with less experience
Down
- 1. Romantic artists celebrated and encouraged individualism and using your _______ (being creative).
- 2. movement of the 19th century in Europe and America.
- 3. VOCABULARY: a specific category of literature (a category within a larger one)
- 5. In the 1800s, many Americans were Puritans (a religion that was very strict and unforgiving). Soon, however, many Americans began to move to __________ (a religion that was more positive and accepting).
- 7. Edgar Allan ______ was a famous Gothic Romantic writer who wrote about dark themes like the tragedy of death and the loss of love.
- 9. The creator of Transcendentalism - and a Unitarian minister - Ralph Waldo _______. He believed in people having a closer connection to God without religious barriers.
- 10. Romantic writers began to use ______ in their stories. For example, the black raven in Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" represented evil and death.
- 11. a type of Romantic writing that had dark story elements (______ Romanticism)
- 12. During the Romantic Period, poets didn't worry so much about ______ in their poems (words sounding the same).
- 13. During the Romantic Period, many writers began to write short ______ to express their thoughts and ideas.
- 16. During the Romantic Period, people were encouraged to get out and enjoy the outdoor or _______.
- 17. Romantic writers believed in exploring nature, individualism, and tapping into human _____ (feelings).