American Romanticism Literature
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The Romantics believed that the imagination could grasp truths beyond the reach of logical thought.

True

The Romantics rejected logical thought entirely, considering it invalid for all purposes.

False

Poetry was considered the highest embodiment of the imagination by the Romantic sensibility.

True

Edgar Allan Poe praised science as a means of discovering profound truths.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

American Romanticism valued feeling and intuition over reason and logic.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Romantics rejected the noisy Industrial age and sought exotic settings to attain higher truths.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The gothic novel typically features supernatural events and mysterious medieval castles, but not wild, haunted landscapes.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Psychoanalysis, as proposed by Sigmund Freud, is a method of medical treatment for nervous disorders, but it is not used to analyze the psychological conditions of characters, actions, and behaviors in literature.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Id, according to Freudian theory, is the rational/abstract part of the mind that uses defense mechanisms and adaptation to resolve internal conflicts.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a typical Romantic lyrical poem, the speaker's contemplation of a commonplace object or event leads to an emotional and intellectual awakening.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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