Which of the following does NOT characterize Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” ?

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Which of the following best defines sentimentalism ?

A. A refusal to emphasize the innate goodness of humanity B. An emphasis on the power of sympathy to allow individuals to feel others’ pain and joy C. A sense of awe in the power of the natural world D. A parody of the interest in emotion that developed out of the Enlightenment interest in … Which of the following best defines sentimentalism ?Read More...

Complete the following sentence. Keats’s idea of “negative capability” refers to the idea that______________?

A. certain people are simply incapable of understanding poetry. B. the true poet must be comfortable with balancing conflicting ideas. C. the poet cannot express anything beyond his own experience. D. it is only in the absence of experience that true poetry can emerge....

Which of the following novelists was NOT associated with the rise of the novel as a literary form ?

A. Samuel Richardson B. Laurence Sterne C. Daniel Defoe D. Charles Dickens...

Complete the following sentence. Shelley’s “Ozymandias” can be linked to his “Defence of Poetry” through its_______________?

A. rejection of traditional form. B. portrayal of the power of art to speak truth. C. rejection of art’s political role. D. attempt to link poetry with music....

For I have learned/To look on nature, not as in the hour/Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes/The sad, still music of humanity” ?

A. The poet’s changing relationship to nature as fount of meaning and significance B. The falsity of human art as opposed to the immediate truth of nature C. The failure of the poet when a youth to imagine his future D. The utter rejection of youthful folly in favor of mature rationality...