American Literature Flashcards
(27 cards)
Who wrote the graphic novel Maus about the Holocaust?
Art Spiegelman
Who wrote a graphic novel depicting stories from the Holocaust?
Art Spiegelman
Who wrote “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”?
Walt Whitman
What was the title of the pastoral elegy about Abraham Lincoln’s death written by Walt Whitman?
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
A play about race in August Wilson’s sixth entry into his collection of drama’s called the “Pittsburgh Cycles” was titled what?
Fences
Who authored the sixth entry into the “Pittsburgh Cycles”, titled “Fences”?
August Wilson
What novel by William Faulkner explores the decline of the Compson family of Yoknapatawpha County?
The Sound and the Fury
Who wrote The Sound and the Fury, a collection of narratives from the Compson Family?
William Faulkner
What essay written by poet and critic T.S. Eliot examines the role of tradition in modern writing?
Tradition and the Individual Talent
Who wrote Tradition and the Individual Talent, a essay about the role of tradition in contemporary writing?
T.S. Eliot
What book is about a mouse with big ears, written by Kate DiCamillo?
The Tale of Despereaux
What book details the sailor Ishmael’s narrative of the quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against a white whale?
Moby Dick: The Whale
Who wrote Moby Dick: The Whale, detailing Captain Ahab’s quest of vengeance against a white whale?
Herman Melville
Who wrote a poem about a man taking the Brooklyn ferry home from Manhattan at the end of a working day?
Walt Whitman
What was the title of the poem about a man taking the Brooklyn ferry home from Manhattan at the end of a working day?
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
What poem explores the introspective view of possibilities for communion between individuals?
Song of Myself
Who wrote the poem that explores the introspective view of possibilities for communion between individuals?
Walt Whitman
What collection of poems represents the celebration of the philosophy of life and humanity and praises nature and the individual human’s role in it?
Leaves of Grass
Who wrote the collection of poems representing the celebration of the philosophy of life and humanity and praises nature and the individual human’s role in it?
Walt Whitman
What play takes place in the living room of a middle-aged couple, George and Martha, who have come home from a faculty party drunk and quarrelsome?
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Who wrote the play that takes place in the living room of a middle-aged couple, George and Martha, who have come home from a faculty party drunk and quarrelsome?
Edward Albee
Who wrote a lyrical personification of Death, who visits the poem’s speaker and takes her on a carriage ride to the afterlife?
Emily Dickinson
What poem was a lyrical personification of Death, who visits the poem’s speaker and takes her on a carriage ride to the afterlife?
Because I could not stop for Death
What novel tells the story of Jack, Wendy, and Danny Torrance during an isolated winter in which Jack becomes the caretaker of Colorado’s Overlook Hotel?
The Shining
