This author was a cynic who was called “the wickedest man in San Francisco” because of the harsh critiques he wrote as a journalist. Many think he was killed in Mexico during the war.

Emily Dickinson found great comfort in her faith that she would spend eternity in heaven after death.

Which author was an influential theorist and activist for women’s rights?

Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote “The Yellow Wall-paper” to draw attention to her experiences with schizophrenia.

This author was a war veteran; one of the things he or she is known for is a realist story that includes a troubled soldier and a twist ending.

Postmodernism considers history and fiction both as products of the imagination.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was wildly popular after its publication.

Which author was an influential theorist and activist for women’s rights?

Which author wrote a set of two poems focusing on adolescence, served as poet laureate of the U.S. from 1993 to 1995, and is considered one of the most indispensable American poets writing today?

Which of the following best summarizes Booker T. Washington’s depiction of his childhood in Up from Slavery?