Final Study Guide Flashcards
“The cynic’s workbook”
Ambrose Bierce
“A daughter of a middle border”
Hamlin garland
“The country of the pointed fins”
Sarah orne Jewett
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
Samuel Clemens
“The American”
Henry James
“The rise of Silas lapham”
William dean Howells
“The red badge of courage” and “Maggie, a girl of the streets”
Stephen crane
“The call of the wild”
Jack London
“Mcteague”
Frank Norris
“The optimist’s daughter”
Eudora Welty
“The old man and the sea”
Ernest Hemingway
The Martian chronicles
Ray Bradbury
“Our town”
Thornton wilder
Underlying the literary romanticism of the period of national optimism was?
A national mood of optimism, and a spirit of confidence in the economy, political system, and the citizenry of the nation
Literary romanticism was a revolt against the literary values of?
Of the previous age
As romanticism brought respectability,to American letters, American writers made important contributions to what genres?
Short story and novel
The crucial turning point in our national spirit came thus during what?
American romanticism
Realism and naturalism appeared on the literary scene in the period?
Of 1865-1914
The three major groups of writers during this period were?
Regionalists, realists, and naturalists
