Literature Test

They are for my literature class. :)

51 cards   |   Total Attempts: 189
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
America's first novelist
James fenimore cooper
Gave us our first guidelines for the short story
Edgar allan poe
Three major knickerbocker writers
Washington irving, william cullen bryant, and james fenimore cooper
Author of two years before the mast
Richard henry dana jr.
The series name of cooper's first novels
The leatherstocking tales
Author of the scarlet letter
Nathaniel hawthorne
Poet noted for the extremely melodic and eerie quality of his poetry
Edgar allan poe
America's only epic
Moby dick
Our first great nature poet
William cullen bryant
The pequod
Captain ahab's boat in moby dick
The novel that stirred american opinion against slavery
Uncle tom's cabin, by harriet beecher stowe
The first american writer to become famous throughout the world
Washington irving
Introduced the detective story
Edgar allan poe
Two fiction writes who also wrote poetry
Edgar allan poe and herman mellville
Romanticism
A view of life emphasizing man's aspirations, imagination, emotions, individuality, and personal experiences