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In “Woman Hollering Creek,” what seems to be the chief source for Cleófilass concept of romance and marriage?

Returning to Oxford, Mississippi with his new wife, Faulkner moved into an antebellum mansion and began turningthe tales he heard growing up about his hometown and surrounding area into oneof the greatest inventions in American literary history: ________________________ .

In Amy Tans Half and Half, what was Teds mothers reaction to Ted dating the narrator?

This poem was published in 1922 in the Bristish magazine Criterion and the American Dial; It marked a cultural and literary event.  Its long fragmented structure and title refelect the poet’s view of the state of culture and civilization in the years immediately following World War I.

Existentialism suggests a meaningless, chaotic, Godless universe, where individuals may or may not give meaning to their lives.

In E.A. Robinson’s poem “Mr. Flood’s Party,” Flood is

During the period known as modernism, there was very little interest in poetry as a viable means of expression.

Robert Frost was the first poet invited to read at a presidential inauguration. For which president did Frost read a poem on inauguration day?

According to the editors of your text, often called ____________________, this era of wealth was written about by many different modernists, but made famous by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  

Which poet’s work was first noticed by the son of President Roosevelt?