AMERICAN LITERATURE - CHAPTER 4

What is western civilization symbolized by in The Waste Land? (1922)

A bleak desert in desperate need of rain (spiritual renewal).

Which book vividly describes how many farmers left the Midwest for California in search of jobs?

John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

What is modernism?

An early 20th-century cultural and artistic movement characterized by a deliberate break from traditional forms.

Who was Gertrude Stein? (1874-1946)

Modernist writer and art collector who developed an abstract, experimental prose poetry.

What is Tender Buttons? (1914)

Poem which views objects from different angles, as in a cubist painting.

True or False: Technique in Stein’s work was usually less important than meaning.

False

What was “New Criticism?”

A formalist movement theory that analyzed a text strictly based on the words on the page.

What is an epiphany?

The moment in which a character suddenly sees the transcendent truth of a situation.

Who was Ezra Pound? (1885–1972)

A highly influential American poet and critic who spearheaded the Imagist movement.

How did Pound define “image” in A Few Don’ts of an Imagiste? (1913)

As something that “presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.

What was Des Imagistes? (1914)

The first anthology of the Imagist movement, authored by Ezra Pound.

Who was Thomas Stearns Eliot? (1888–1965)