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Part V. Twentieth Century Literature (I) Before WWII I. Fill in the blanks. __________ stands as a great dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American literature. American writers of the first postwar era self-consciously acknowledged that they were a __________ , devoid of faith and alienated from a civilization. The most significant American poem of the twentieth century was_____________ . The publication of The Waste Land, written by____________ , helped to establish a modern tradition of literature rich with learning and allusive thought. In 1920, Sinclair Lewis published his memorable denunciation of American small-town provincialism in___________ . F. Scott Fitzgerald summarized the experiences and attitudes of the 1920s decade in his masterpiece novel___________ . The__________ of the 1930s greatly weakened the American nations self-confidence. An American woman writer named ____________ who had lived in Paris since 1903, welcomed the young expatriates to her literary salon, and gave them a name the Lost Generation. _____ wrote about the disintegration of the old social system in the American Southern States, and its effect on the lives of modern people, both black and white. Ezra Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called the __________ movement. Ezra Pounds major work of poetry is the long poem called______________ . One of Edwin Arlington Robinsons early books, _____________ , once came to the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt. Edwin Arlington Robinson produced a large body of works and was honored with the___________ Prize in 1922, 1925 and 1928. Robert Frost s first book___________ brought him to the attention of influential critics, such as Ezra Pound, who praised him as an authentic poet. Robert Frosts second volume of poems was______________ . After Apple-Picking is a well-known poem written by _______ . _________ , one of Robert Frost s longest poems, is a very witty and wise anecdotal di