Prominent Authors & Major Works Flashcards
Who is Samuel Clemens?
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer.
Who is George Eliot?
Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
What is Jane Austen known for?
Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
What is an epic poem?
An epic poem, epic, epos, or epopee is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist.
Who is John Milton?
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet.
Who is William Faulkner?
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi.
