1.TheAmericanTranscendentalistsformedaclubcalled_________.theTranscendentalClub2.______wasregardedasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism.WashingtonIrving3.Atnineteen___________publishedinhisbrother’snewspaper,hisJonathanOldstylesatiresofNewYorklife.4.InWashingtonIrving’swork___________appearedthefirstmodernshortstoriesandthefirstgreatAmericanjuvenileliterature.TheSketchBook5.ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistwas____________.JamesFenimoreCooper6.JamesFenimoreCooper’snovel___________wasarousingtaleaboutespionageagainsttheBritishduringtheRevolutionaryWar.TheSpy7.ThebestofJamesFenimoreCooper'ssearomanceswas_____________.ThePilot8.ToaWaterfowlisperhapsthepeakof_______________’swork;ithasbeencalledbyaneminentEnglishcritic“themostperfectbriefpoeminthelanguage.”WilliamCullenBryant9.__________wasthefirstAmericantogainthestatureofamajorpoetintheworldliterature.10.EdgarAllanPoe’spoem____________isperhapsthebestexampleofonomatopoeiaintheEnglishlanguage.TheBells11.EdgarAllanPoe'spoem____________waspublishedin1845asthetitlepoemofacollection.TheRaven12.FromHenryDavidThoreau’sConcordjailexperience,camehisfamousessay______.CivilDisobedienceBythe1830sWashingtonIrvingwasjudgedthenation'sgreatestwriter,aloftypositionhelatersharedwithJamesFenimoreCooperandWilliamCullenBryant.Intheearlynineteenthcentury,theattitudeofAmericanwriterswasshapedbytheirNewWorldenvironmentandanarrayofideasinheritedfromtheromantictraditionofEurope.Asamoralphilosophy,transcendentalismwasneitherlogicalnorsystematical.ThefoundationofAmericannationalliteraturewaslaidbytheearlyAmericanromanticists.Atmid-19thcentury,aculturalreawakeningbroughtafloweringofNewEngland.Romanticwritersinthe19thcenturyplacedincreasingvalueonthefreeexpressionofemotionanddisplayedincreasingattentiontothepsychicstatesoftheircharacters.Withavastgroupofsupportingcharacters,virtuousorvillainous,JamesFenimoreCoopermadetheAmericaconsciousofhispast,andmadetheEuropeanconsciousofAmerica.NootherAmericanpoeteversurpassedEdgarAllanPoe’sabilityintheuseofEnglishasamediumofpuremusicalandrhythmicbeauty.TheFalloftheHouseofUsherisoneofEdgarAllanPoe'sshortstories.RalphWaldoEmersonwasrecognizedastheleaderoftranscendentalistmovement,butheneverappliedthetermTranscendentalisttohimselfortohisbeliefsandideas.In1836,RalphWaldoEmersonpublishedhisfirstbook,Nature,whichmetwithamildreception.RalphWaldoEmerson'sprosestylewassometimesashighlyindividualashispoetry.TheharshrhythmsandstrikingimagesofRalphWaldoEmerson’spoetryappealtomanymodernreadersasartfultechniques.HenryWadsworthLongfellow’swritingsbelongtothemilderaspectsoftheRomanticMovement.Americanromanticismwasinawayderivative:AmericanromanticwritingwassomeofthemmodeledonEnglishandEuropeanworks.RalphWaldoEmerson’saestheticsbroughtaboutarevolutioninAmericanliteratureingeneralandinAmericanpoetryinparticular.HenryDavidThoreauwasanactiveTranscendentalist.Hewasbynomeansanescapistorarecluse,butwasintenselyinvolvedinthelifeofhisday.TheScarletLetterissetintheseventeenthcentury.ItisanelaborationofafactwhichtheauthortookoutofthelifeofthePuritanpast.2.Transcendentalismtooktheirideasfrom___________.A.theromanticliteratureinEuropeB.neo-PlatonismC.GermanidealisticphilosophyD.therevelationsoforientalmysticismABCD8.Transcendentalistsrecognized__________asthehighestpowerofthesoul.”A.intuition10.TranscendentalismappealedtothosewhodisdainedtheharshGodofthePuritanancestors,anditappealedtothosewhoscornedthepaledeityofNewEnglandA.TranscendentalismB.HumanismC.NaturalismD.UnitarianismD13.ThedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature,evidentin_________.A.JamesFenimoreCooper'sLeatherstockingTalesB.HenryDavidThoreau’sWaldenC.MarkTwain’sHuckleberryFinnD.NathanielHawthorne'sTheScarletLetterABC14.Apreoccupationwiththedemonicandthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksof_________,andahostoflesserwriters.A.NathanielHawthorneB.EdgarAllanPoeC.HermanMelvilleD.MarkTwainABC16.InthenineteenthcenturyAmerica,Romanticsoftensharedcertaingeneralcharacteristics.Choosesuchcharacteristicsfromthefollowing.A.moralenthusiasmB.faithinthevalueofindividualismandintuitiveperceptionC.adorationforthenaturalworldD.presumptionaboutthecorrosiveeffectofhumansocietyABCD17.ChooseWashingtonIrving'sworksfromthefollowing.A.TheSketchBookB.BracebridgeHallC.TalesofaTravellerD.AHistoryofNewYorkABCD18.InJamesFenimoreCooper'snovels,closeafterNattyBumppoinromanticappeal,comethetwonobleredmen.Choosethemfromthefollowing.A.theMohicanChiefChingachgookB.UncasC.TomJonesD.KublaKhanABIn1817,thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsisintroducedthebestpoet___________toappearinAmericauptothattime.A.EdwardTaylorB.PhilipFreneauC.WilliamCullenBryantD.EdgarAllanPoeCToaWaterfowlThanatopsis21.Fromthefollowing,choosethepoemswrittenbyEdgarAllanPoe.A.ToHelenB.TheRavenC.AnnabelLeeD.TheBellsABCD23.EdgarAllanPoe'sfirstcollectionofshortstoriesis___________.D.TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesque24.Fromthefollowing,choosethecharacteristicsofRalphWaldoEmerson'spoetry.A.beinghighlyindividualB.harshrhythmsC.lackofformandpolishD.