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CLEP American Literature

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1. (Colonial Period) One of colonial New England's most eminent clergyman. Greatest achievement was as an historian of the Puritan experience. 'Diary of Cotton Mather' - Account of Mather wrestling with sexual temptation to marry a much younger women di






2. Wrote 'The Call of the Wild -' 'White Fang -' ' Sea Wolf -' and 'To Build a Fire.' Socialist. Naturalist






3. Produced a number of sketches - poems - and a one-act pay titled 'Cane.'






4. Local Colorist Wrote 'The Country of the Pointed Firs' Famous for use of idiomatic language - conservative values and imagery and vivid descriptions of rural New England.






5. A type of literature win which words are selected and strung together for their beauty - sound - and power to express feelings.






6. Ezra Pound and T.S Eliot






7. Wrote 'Songs of Jamaica' - Poetry and 'Harlem Shadows' (first great literary achievement of the Harlem Renaissance. Much of his poetry evokes the rich heritage of Jamaica.






8. A pattern of stressed unstressed syllables that create a beat - as in music.






9. An artistic and intellectual movement originating in Europe in the late 18th Century and characterized by a heightened interest in nature - emphasis on the individual's expression of emotion and imagination - departure from the attitudes and forms of






10. Pattern of five feet (groups of syllables) - each having one unstressed syllable and one stressed syllable.






11. Wrote 'The House of Mirth -' and 'The Age of Innocence' most famous for 'Ethan Frome' Noted use of indirection and allusion. First women to win a Pulitzer for 'The Age of Innocence' Main themes were upper-class life and the constraints it placed on b






12. Created new poetic forms and subjects to fashion a distinctly American type of poetic expression. Rejected conventional themes - traditional literary references - allusions - and rhymes. Used long lines to capture rhythms of natural speech - free ver






13. Famous for writing - marriages - divorces and media hype. Wrote 'The Executioner's Song.'






14. Friedrich Nitezche's belief in the 'will to power' as the primary force of society and the individual.






15. Involves a speaker who addresses an unseen audience. Usually takes place at a crucial moment in the speaker's life.






16. Brief - musical poems that convey a speaker's feelings.






17. A single sheet of paper printed on one or both sides. 'The Dying Redcoat'






18. Stylistic Elements Parallel Structure: repeated used of phrases - clauses - or sentences that are similar in structure. Rhythm - Forceful and Direct Language






19. The primacy of science over religious - mythical - or spiritual interpretations of life.






20. Wrote 'The Invisible Man' - Considered a landmark achievement in American literature






21. Considered the greatest humorist of 19th century American Literature. Wrote 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' Master of 'Local Color' writing. Used vernacular - exaggeration and deadpan narrator to create humor.






22. Ben Franklin paid his passage to America. First Pamphlet was Common Sense : credited with getting the colonists to see the 'advantage - necessity - and obligation' of breaking with Britain. Followed by a series of pamphlets - collectively called 'An






23. Wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk' - Founder of the NAACP






24. Prose - Poetry - Drama






25. Imagist Poet - Wrote 'In a Station of the Metro -' ' The Pisan Cantos -' 'Hugh Selwyn Mauberly -' and 'Mauberly.' Modeled 'Cantos' after Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' - Infamous traitor; Staunch supporter of Mussolini during WWII. Didn't speak for the






26. Major theme of 20th Century literature.






27. (Colonial Period) Only person to publicly repent his part in the Salem Witch Trials. Published America's first anti-slavery tract.






28. Written by Cottonn Mather - to justify the execution of 19 women during the Salem Witch Trials.






29. Written by Michael Wigglesworth - the most famous poem of 17th Century - proceeds from judgement day to hell and then to paradise. First American Best Seller.






30. Wrote gold-rush stories like 'The Luck of Roaring Camp' and 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat'; never matched up to his previous fame local colorist






31. The beat or rhythm of a poem - created by a pattern of stressed an unstressed syllables.






32. Key intellectual and philosophical voice of 19th-century America. Key player in the transcendentalist movement. First to define what made American poetry American - it is verse that celebrates ordinary experience rather than the epic themes of the pa






33. (Colonial Period) 1. God is King and Ruler. 2. Our duty in this world is to see that God's will prevails.3. Man is depraved from birth. 4. Few will be saved. Damned are damned despite their best efforts. Belief in Covenant Theology : God's covenant w






34. Anne Bradstreet - Michael Wigglesworth - Edward Taylor






35. Book of feline poems - 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats -' formed the basis of the Broadway hit 'Cats.' Wrote 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - Published 'The Waste-Land' which became the most famous poem of the first half of the 20th Centur






36. Won the Nobel Prize - Novels concentrate on the turmoil of modern Jewish life.






37. Well-known humorists.






38. A story told in song form. Ballads often tell stories of adventure and love.






39. (Colonial Period) Began 'The History of New England' aboard the Arbella in 1630. Lead 2 -000 English emigrant to Massachusetts Bay. Made daily journal-style entries until his death. Intended it to be an account of his long governorship. Style is pla






40. (Colonial Period) Wrote Of Plymouth Plantation (First Thanksgiving) - Chronicled the Pilgrim experience from the religious considerations that caused them to leave England for Holland and then for America.Style is dignified and Grave - and events are






41. A group of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.






42. Wrote 'My Antonia' and 'Death Comes for the Archbishop' Won a Pulitzer for her novel 'One of Ours'






43. Movement in the early part of the 20th Century where writers experimented with new themes such as fragmentation - stream of consciousness - and imagery.






44. Wrote 'Richard Cory' - Created poems dealing with historic myths and characters. Known primarily for short - ironic characteristics of ordinary individuals. Won 3 Pulitzers : 'Collected Poems -' 'The Man Who Died Twice -' and 'Tristram'






45. A line or group of lines repeated at the end of a poem or song. Refrains reinforce the main point and create musical effects.






46. New England local color writer - is known primarily for her two collections of stories. 'A Humble Romance' and 'A New England Nun'






47. Coined the term 'Beat Generation' - Wrote 'On the Road' - All of his books are Autobiographical






48. End : occurs when words at the ends of lines of poetry rhyme. Internal: occurs when words within a sentences share the same sound - such as 'Each narrow cell in which we dwell.'






49. Wrote 'since feeling is first -' 'somewhere i have never traveled - gladly beyond -' and 'The Enormous Room' - Experimented with : form - punctuation - spelling - typography - grammar - imagery - rhythm - and syntax.






50. Southern Gothic writer. Creates stories that simultaneously shock readers and reflect her strong Catholic faith.

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