Realism Authors 2 Flashcards
After the death of their spouse and two daughters, this author became obsessed and bitter in their old age.
Mark Twain
This author began writing on the advice of their doctor in order to work though their grief.
Kate Chopin
This author’s writing dramatizes the belief that “civilized” beings are either destroyed or re-created in savage environments.
Jack London
A bad business investment and the economic panic of 1893 bankrupted this author.
Mark Twain
This author suffered from alcoholism, kidney disease, and depression before dying of a fatal overdose of narcotics in November 1916.
Jack London
Thanks to the women’s movement of the 1960’s and 70’s, this author is now recognized as a novelist of skill and perception
Kate Chopin
After traveling the country as a hobo and getting arrested in New York at age 18, they were able to get accepted into the University of California.
Jack London
This author graduated from there University of Nebraska, earning a reputation writing for the college newspaper.
Willa Cather
Their masterpiece novel forged a new relationship between expression and content, causing a revolution in American Literature.
Mark Twain
This author’s most famous novel is “The Call of the Wild”
Jack London
Their novel “The Awakening” is among the five most-read novels in colleges and universities.
Kate Chopin
This author left home at the age of 18 and spent the next several years working as a printer, riverboat pilot, solider, and gold prospector.
Mark Twain
This author’s hometown of Hannibal, Missouri, became the setting for many of their stories.
Mark Twain
This author won the Pulitzer Prize for their 1923 novel “One of Ours”
Willa Cather
The major theme of this author’s stories concern the repression on women in America
Kate Chopin
This author said that is was the novelist’s duty to keep an eye on scientific progress.
Willa Cather
Most of their stories concern the French Creoles and Cajuns in Louisiana.
Kate Chopin
This author was inspired by the Nebraska prairies and the immigrant families who were the heart of the American Dream.
Willa Cather
This author was married at age 19, but when their spouse dies when there were 32 they were left to care for their 6 children all alone.
Kate Chopin
In 1906, this author moved to New York City to write for McClure’s magazine
Willa Cather
The most celebrated humorist in American literature history.
Mark Twain
This author’s real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Mark Twain
The first American author to earn over a million dollars for his writing.
Jack London
