American fiction and drama in the postwar period frequently incorporated and celebrated characters that were nonconforming outsiders.

By the end of Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral,” how does Robert learn what a cathedral looks like?

Match the lines to the poem from which they are taken.

Which of these poems contains allusions to Rime of the Ancient Mariner, slave ships, Tempest, and a Protestant hymn?

Match the quote to its author.

In “Good Country People,” what are the names of Mrs. Freeman’s two daughters?

By the end of Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral,” how does Robert learn what a cathedral looks like?

In the excerpt from Invisible Man,  as which African American writer did the protagonist visualize himself as he wrote his graduation oration?

In American literature after 1945, a new readership emerged that looked for characters with which they could identify.

Although Langston Hughes felt a great responsibility as a speaking voice for Black Americans but felt that Black women didn’t experience as much struggle as Black men; as a result, he did not attempt to represent them in his poetry.