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Which literary movements characterised American literature in the 19th century?
Which literary movements characterised American literature in the 19th century?
- Classicism, Expressionism, and Symbolism
- Modernism, Surrealism, and Naturalism
- Postmodernism, Dadaism, and Futurism
- Romanticism, Transcendentalism, and Realism (correct)
What were some of the social and cultural changes that influenced American literature in the 19th century?
What were some of the social and cultural changes that influenced American literature in the 19th century?
- The rise of feudalism and the decline of the monarchy
- The emergence of the middle class and the growth of industrialisation (correct)
- The development of fascism and the decline of democracy
- The spread of communism and the fall of capitalism
Who are two of the most significant American writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Who are two of the most significant American writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
- Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman
- Mark Twain and Henry James (correct)
- William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway
