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I wanted to write another question about Emerson to reflect his influence on American literature and thought, but reading him hurts my head. So here is an easy one: Emerson is an American author.

According to Henry David Thoreau, where is the only place for a just man in an unjust society?

Poe’s stories are known for first person narrators who are

One statement Paine made in Common Sense that has borne out to be true is that

What did photography do according to Douglass?

According to Poe, to write a good short story the writer begins with

Identify the term as defined: literature that is written while the author is confined in a location against his or her will, such as a prison, jail or house arrest

One reason that Alcott’s story might have been controversial is that it implies a

Identify the term as defined: the men who wrote the Constitution of the United States of America and who are tagged with the intent of “originalism” whether they believed in it or not

Why did Thoreau refuse to pay his poll tax?