Lin Mostly American Literature Flashcards
(88 cards)
Which leader of the transcendentalist movement penned essays such as “Nature” and “Self-Reliance?”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mark Twain was the pen name for which father of American Literature?
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Which novel was the first ever to be written on a typewriter?
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Who wrote a series of mystery novels under the pen name Edgar Box and is known for the social satire “Myra Breckenridge?”
Gore Vidal
Which first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony wrote a detailed journal which provides the basis for modern knowledge about colony’s history?
John Winthrop
What 1789 epistolary novel written by William Hill Brown is generally considered the first American novel?
The Power of Sympathy(, or The Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth)
Which pioneering writer is known for “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle?”
Washington Irving
Which 20th century Nobel laureate has most of his work set in Central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley where he was born?
John Steinbeck
What novel following the lives of the Trask and Hamilton families did Steinbeck considered to be his magnum opus?
East of Eden
Which novel is centered around George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant ranch workers trying to find jobs during the Great Depression?
Of Mice and Men
Which 1939 novel focusing on the impact of the Dust Bowl on the Joad family in Oklahoma was awarded the Pulitzer Prize?
The Grapes of Wrath
Name the three authors of the Federalist Papers.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
Which prominent abolitionist and statesman wrote a series of autobiographies including “My Bondage and My Freedom?”
Frederick Douglass
What novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe had a profound impact on attitudes towards African Americans and the anti-slavery movement?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin(, or Life Among the Lowly)
Which sociologist and civil-rights activist is wrote “The Souls of Black Folk” and “Black Reconstruction in America?”
W.E.B. Du Bois
Which 20th century poet was one of the early innovators of jazz poetry and is known for works such as “Not Without Laughter” and “Montage of a Dream Deferred?”
Langston Hughes
Who wrote “I Married A Communist,” “The Human Stain,” and “Goodbye, Columbus?”
Phillip Roth
Who wrote “Arrowsmith,” “It Can’t Happen Here,” and “Babbitt?”
Sinclair Lewis
Who wrote “This Side of Paradise”, “Tender is the Night,” and “The Great Gatsby?”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who wrote “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” “The Old Man and the Sea,” and “The Sun Also Rises?”
Ernest Hemingway
Who wrote “Foundation and Empire,” “The End of Eternity,” and “The Gods Themselves?”
Isaac Asimov
Who wrote “O Pioneers!”, “The Song of the Lark,” and “One of Ours?”
Willa Cather
Who wrote “The Open Boat,” “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” and “The Red Badge of Courage?”
Stephen Crane
Who wrote “Breakfast of Champions,” “Cat’s Cradle,” and “Welcome to the Monkey House?”
Kurt Vonnegut
