-Raised in New York-Went to California in 1857 where he lived in a mining camp before becoming the editor of a newspaper-Most famous stories are "The Luck of Roaring Camp" and "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"-One of
The 18th-century American Enlightenment was a movement marked by an emphasis on rationality rather than tradition, scientific inquiry instead of unquestioning religious dogma, and representative government in place of monarchy. Enlightenment thinkers and writers were devoted to the ideals of justice, liber...
From a literary performance, speaking at the breadth and after naturalist literature writers are shrinking and restricted area of the brush From physiology to gratify our hearts to sophisticated hidden from almost all-encompassing. 翻译结果5复制译文编辑译文朗读译文返回顶部 ...
of established European poets to the subject matter confronted in a strange, new environment. ___ Bradstreet was one such poet.19.The History of New England is a priceless gift ___ left us.20.Many Puritans wrote verse, but the work of two writers, Anne Bradstreet and ...
更多“Which writers have naturalist tendency? ___”相关的问题 第1题 Which authors committed suicide? ___ A. Ernest Hemingway B. Jack London C. Robert Frost D. Mrs. Stowe 点击查看答案 第2题 Choose the authors who belong to the romantic group in American literature. ___ A. Ralph Wald...
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson in his journal (24 June 1863) Among American writers Thoreau was the pioneer of nature-study. Audubon had preceded him but he worked mainly with the brush; to multitudes Thoreau opened the gate to the secrets of our natural environment. The subtle delicacy of the gras...
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Dreiser’s firstnovel,Sister Carrie(1900), is a work of pivotal importance inAmerican literaturedespite its inauspicious launching. It became a beacon to subsequent American writers whoseallegiancewas to the realistic treatment of any and all subject matter.Sister Carrietells the story of a rudderless...
became widespread and affected to varying degrees most of the major writers of the period.Guy de Maupassant’spopular story “TheNecklace”heraldsthe introduction of a character who is to be treated like a specimen under a microscope. The early works ofJoris-Karl Huysmans, of the German ...
Pliny the ElderMiniature by Andrea da Firenze from an edition ofNatural Historyby Pliny the Elder,c.1457–58, showing Pliny writing in his study, with landscape and animals; in the British Library.(more) From the 2nd centurybceto the 1st centuryce, asuccessionof Roman writers—Cato the Elde...