Native American
He wrote “Indian Education“ and was the class president of a white school near the reservation he grew up on.
Who is Sherman Alexie.
She wrote “The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of (her name)“ and was born in England and later moved to Massachusetts
Who is Mary Rowlandson
Wrote “the Fall of the House of Usher” and married his cousin
Who is Edgar Allan Poe
Wrote “To Build a Fire” and was an oyster pirate in his youth
Who is Jack London
Has a spooky style and has themes of intense emotion and nature
What is Gothic & Romantic Lit.
She wrote ”The Shawl“ and is a member of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota.
Who is Louise Erdrich
Wrote “The Wonders of the Invisible world” and was heavily involved in the witch trials
Who is Cotton Mather
He wrote “the legend of sleepy hollow“ and is known as ”the father of American literature“
Who is Washington Irving
He wrote “civil disobedience” and Graduated from Harvard
Who is Henry David Thoreau
Has a serious style and uses themes of extreme religion and fear
What is Colonial/Puritan Lit.
The writer and film maker who authored ”The Man to Send Rain Clouds”
Who is Leslie Marmon Silko
Wrote “verses upon this burning house” and was the first published poet in North America
Who is Anne Bradstreet
Wrote “young Goodman brown“ and added a W to his last name to distance himself from his witch trial family
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorn
Wrote “Black Elk Speaks” and had his bachelor degree at fifteen years old
Who is John G. Neihardt
focuses on a mystical style and has themes of spirituality and suffering
What is Native American Lit.
She wrote “Hey Mr GQ“ and is a member of the Nipissing First Nation.
Who is Christian Allaire
He wrote “Huswifery” and was a Harvard graduate
Who is Edward Taylor
Wrote “Oliver Twist“ and “A Christmas Carol” and owned several pet ravens
Who is Charles Dickens
Wrote “Nature” and attended Harvard at 14
Has a spooky style and includes themes of suffering and supernatural
What is Gothic and Romantic Lit.
Wrote the poem “She Had Some Horses” and is a poet, musician and author
Who is Joy HarJo
wrote “The Mayflower Papers” and was the governor of Plymouth for 30 years
Who is William Bradstreet
Wrote “The Mysteries of Udolpho” and is called “the Mother of Gothic Literature“
who is Ann Radcliffe
Author of “An occurrence at Owl Bridge” and disappeared in mexico in 1914
Who is Ambrose Bierce
Has a serious style and focuses on moral responsibility and individualism
What is Transcendentalism