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:

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

Match the authors with their notable works:

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

Match the authors with their notable works:

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

Match the authors with their primary literary genre:

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

Match the authors with their notable poem collections:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Match the authors with their notable short story collections:

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

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

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

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

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

Match the authors with their notable narrative styles:

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

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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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