Authors and Works
Themes
Poe
Faulkner
Gilman
100
Who wrote "The Raven?"
Poe
100
The Gothic Movement took place during these TWO centuries in America.
18th and 19th
100
Poe married his cousin, whose name was this. This is also the University he attended...
Virginia
100
His last name was originally spelled this way.
Falkner
100
How did Gilman die?
She committed suicide.
200
Who wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper?"
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
200
The Gothic Movement was part of this larger movement.
Romanticism
200
Poe's wife and mother died of this.
TB (tuberculosis)
200
He was a member of this military organization.
Canadian Royal Air Force
200
Gilman suffered from this illness.
postpartum disease
300
Who wrote "The Masque of the Red Death?"
Edgar Allen Poe
300
The Gothic Movement rivaled this movement.
Transcendentalism
300
Poe is credited with writing the first ________ story.
detective
300
He won this prestigious prize.
Nobel Prize for Literature
300
What was Gilman's doctor's prescription for her illness?
to stop writing
400
Who wrote "A Rose for Emily?"
William Faulkner
400
This part of the Gothic movement focused on the loss of children after childbirth and on isolating roles in the home.
Women's Gothic Literature
400
Poe was expelled from this academy.
West Point
400
He died after falling from this numerous times.
a horse
400
At age 72, Gilman was diagnosed with an incurable form of what illness?
cancer
500
Who wrote "To My Dear and Loving Husband" and "Upon the Burning of Our House?"
Anne Bradstreet
500
This is the main goal of Gothic Literature.
To creep you out at the fact that you are enjoying a grotesque story AND/OR to make you realize that there is evil in every one.
500
How did Poe die?
We have no idea! His death remains a mystery.
500
Faulkner often pretended to be this by dressing up as one.
An officer in the Air Force
500
How did Gilman get her doctor to change his mind about treating women's mental illnesses?
She wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" (and also wrote a short letter to him called "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'."
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