American Literature 1865 - 1945 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LiteratureAmerican writersUniversityAll boards Created by: chloeelbCreated on: 29-12-17 14:43 59786321410 Across 1. 1930: 1st american to win Nobel Prize Literature. Satire provincial middle-class. (8, 5) 4. Determination of life. Victim of social circonstances. Poet and journalist mainly famous because of his prose work. 'Maggie a girl of the Street' show tremendous force. (5, 5) 10. Fiction much pesismistics and bitter. Participated in the Civil War, establisheda reputation as journalist in California. Short stories -> deal with the Civil War and partely autobio reflect the feeling of disgust and bitter view of life. (7, 6) Down 2. Domestic servant. 15 years old, religious, spiritual equality, autobiography. (5, 5) 3. Louisiana. Fiction explores racial, dominating theme -> opposition between social and the individuals need. 'Desirée's baby' enormous criticism and bound in some states. Female liberation. (4, 6) 5. Autobiography too. 'The Great Gatsby' 20s Jazz Age. (2, 10) 6. Wrote about determinism, wealth, success -> only aims they can know 'Sister Carrie'. (8, 7) 7. Chose to focus on the complexity of individuals and how individuals react to moral conflict. Modernist. Devoted his life to finding, discovering and developping rights tools to write fiction. British citizen in 1915 because refused to enter in WWI. (5, 5) 8. Journalist at San Francisco. Born and raised in the South. Inspired by his life. Interested in local way of life/nostalgia. 'Adventure of Tom Sawyer' about a dilemma, racism. (4, 5) 9. Set in the South. Aimed at teaching: moral lesson. Enable to read, using humours. Out of black prejudices. (7, 7)
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