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American Literature Test Benjamin Franklin: Masterpiece: The Autobiography The Autobiography reflects the author’s unwavering determination in self-education, and embodies his firm resolution to fight for the progressive cause. Ralph Waldo Emerson The most outstanding of all the transcendental writers in American literature The best known essays include: Nature, The American Scholar, Self-reliance, etc. The American Scholar was a plea for laying aside European models and confronting life as free men in a new world, and it was called the “Intellectual Declaration of Independence.” Nathaniel Hawthorne A descendant of Puritan immigrants, Nathaniel Hawthorne is a great romanticist of American literature; a master of psychological insight The masterpiece: The Scarlet Letter The novel was a literary sensation in the United States and Great Britain, and placed Hawthorne in the front rank of American writers. What does the letter “A” stand for? Adultery, angel, ability… To analyze the second paragraph on page 363. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow the best-known American poet during the nineteenth century; a milestone in the development of American poetry. To recite “A Psalm of Life” Robert Lee Frost a national poet in the 20th-century America; A poet of profound simplicity; Was invited to read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy; By using simple spoken language and familiar, conventional rhythms he achieved an effortless grace in his style. To recite “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening”. Mark Twain The penname of Samuel Clemens Masterpiece and the most widely read of his works: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn An outstanding humorist and satirist Theodore Dreiser Masterpiece: An American Tragedy Sister Carrie, one of his major novels, was withheld from circulation for a time soon after publication because it was thought to be immoral. An American Tragedy is perhaps Dreiser’s