American Literature Authors and Works

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Match the authors with their literary movements:

Edgar Allan Poe = Romanticism Stephen Crane = Naturalism F.Scott Fitzgerald = Realism Jack London = Romanticism

Match the authors with their notable works:

John Steinbeck = The Grapes of Wrath Arthur Miller = The Catcher in the Rye T.S Eliot = The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock J.D.Salinger = Death of a Salesman

Match the poets with their notable poems:

Emily Dickinson = I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed Walt Whitman = In a Station of the Metro Ezra Pound = Song of Myself T.S Eliot = Preludes

Match the authors with their literary periods:

Jorges Fenimore Cooper = Early Romanticism Mark Twain = The Age of Realism Edgar Allan Poe = Romanticism William Faulkner = Naturalism Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their notable works:

Ernest Hemingway = A Farewell to Arms F.Scott Fitzgerald = The Great Gatsby J.D.Salinger = The Catcher in the Rye Arthur Miller = The Crucible Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their notable works:

Jack London = The Call of the Wild Stephen Crane = The Red Badge of Courage Emily Dickinson = Because I Could Not Stop for Death Walt Whitman = Beat!Beat!Drums! Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their primary literary genre:

Jack London = Realism T.S Eliot = Modernism William Faulkner = Southern Gothic John Steinbeck = Social Realism Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their notable poem collections:

Emily Dickinson = None ( individual poems) Walt Whitman = Leaves of Grass Ezra Pound = A Lume Spento T.S Eliot = Prufrock and Other Observations Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their most famous novel set in the American West:

Stephen Crane = None (mainly wrote short stories) John Steinbeck = The Grapes of Wrath Mark Twain = The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Jack London = The Call of the Wild Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their plays that critique the American Dream:

Arthur Miller = Death of a Salesman F.Scott Fitzgerald = None (mainly wrote novels) Ernest Hemingway = None (mainly wrote novels) J.D.Salinger = None (mainly wrote novels) Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their novels that explore the Jazz Age:

F.Scott Fitzgerald = The Great Gatsby Ernest Hemingway = A Farewell to Arms J.D.Salinger = The Catcher in the Rye John Steinbeck = The Grapes of Wrath Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their notable short story collections:

Ernest Hemingway = None (mainly wrote novels) J.D.Salinger = Nine Stories Stephen Crane = The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure John Steinbeck = The Red Pony Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their novels that explore the American Civil War:

Stephen Crane = The Red Badge of Courage John Steinbeck = The Grapes of Wrath Mark Twain = The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Ernest Hemingway = A Farewell to Arms Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their novels that explore the human condition during the Great Depression:

John Steinbeck = The Grapes of Wrath Ernest Hemingway = A Farewell to Arms F.Scott Fitzgerald = The Great Gatsby J.D.Salinger = The Catcher in the Rye Signup and view all the answers

Match the authors with their notable narrative styles:

Ernest Hemingway = Iceberg Theory William Faulkner = Stream-of-consciousness T.S Eliot = Modernist poetry J.D.Salinger = Realist fiction Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

American Literature Authors and Works

Jack London wrote novels such as The Sea Wolf, Martin Eden, The Law of Life, and The Call of the Wild.
Edgar Allan Poe, a Romanticism author, wrote poems like To Helen, The Raven, Annabel Lee, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
James Fenimore Cooper, an Early Romanticism author, wrote The Last of the Mohicans and the Leatherstocking tales.
William Faulkner wrote the short story A Rose for Emily.

Naturalism and other Movements

Stephen Crane, a Naturalism author, wrote The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets.
T.S Eliot wrote poems like The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Preludes, Journey of the Magi, and The Hollow Men.
Emily Dickinson, a Romantic poet, wrote poems such as I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed, I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain, A Bird Came down the Walk—, and many more.
Ernest Hemingway wrote novels like A Farewell to Arms and short stories like A Clean, Well-lighted Place.

20th-Century Authors

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby.
John Steinbeck wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath.
Arthur Miller wrote plays like A Memory of Two Mondays, After the Fall, All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and The Crucible.
J.D. Salinger wrote the novel The Catcher in the Rye.
Mark Twain, a Realism author, wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Walt Whitman, a Romantic poet, wrote poems like Song of Myself, I Sit and Look Out, and Beat! Beat! Drums!.
Ezra Pound wrote poems like A Virginal, Salutation the Second, A Pact, In a Station of the Metro, and The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter.

American Literature Authors and Works

Jack London wrote novels such as The Sea Wolf, Martin Eden, The Law of Life, and The Call of the Wild.
Edgar Allan Poe, a Romanticism author, wrote poems like To Helen, The Raven, Annabel Lee, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
James Fenimore Cooper, an Early Romanticism author, wrote The Last of the Mohicans and the Leatherstocking tales.
William Faulkner wrote the short story A Rose for Emily.

Naturalism and other Movements

Stephen Crane, a Naturalism author, wrote The Red Badge of Courage and Maggie: A Girl of the Streets.
T.S Eliot wrote poems like The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Preludes, Journey of the Magi, and The Hollow Men.
Emily Dickinson, a Romantic poet, wrote poems such as I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed, I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain, A Bird Came down the Walk—, and many more.
Ernest Hemingway wrote novels like A Farewell to Arms and short stories like A Clean, Well-lighted Place.

20th-Century Authors

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel The Great Gatsby.
John Steinbeck wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath.
Arthur Miller wrote plays like A Memory of Two Mondays, After the Fall, All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and The Crucible.
J.D. Salinger wrote the novel The Catcher in the Rye.
Mark Twain, a Realism author, wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Walt Whitman, a Romantic poet, wrote poems like Song of Myself, I Sit and Look Out, and Beat! Beat! Drums!.
Ezra Pound wrote poems like A Virginal, Salutation the Second, A Pact, In a Station of the Metro, and The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter.

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Test your knowledge of famous American authors and their notable works, from Romanticism to Naturalism. Identify the authors and their corresponding literary pieces.