Something that is itself and which also stands for something else and that, in a literary sense, combines a literal and sensuous quality with an abstract or suggestive aspect is a(n)

Originally, the term for the first actor in early Greek drama and now the term for the chief character in a work is

A term often applied to the Neoclassical Period in English Literature and sometimes to the Revolutionary and Early National Period in American Literature because these periods emphasized self-knowledge, self-control, the rule of order, as well as decorum in life and art, is the

The repetition of initial consonant sounds or any vowel sounds in successive or closely associated syllables is recognized as

The presentation of events in a work of literature in such a way that later events are prepared for is called

The first major, self-conscious literary movement of African American writers that resulted in part from a massive migration of young talented writers to northern American cities is known as the

An expression used in informal conversation but not accepted universally in formal speech or writing is a(n)

The term, which in drama, refers to a particular kind of play as originally defined in Aristotle's Poetics and which recounts a causally related sequence of events in the life of a person of significance, culminating in an unhappy catastrophe, the whole treated with dignity and seriousness, is

The recipient of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection Thomas and Beulah is

The recipient of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Our Town is

A cheaply produced paperbound novel or novelette of mystery, adventure, or violence popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in England is the

A work or manner that blends censorious attitude with humor and wit for improving human institutions or humanity is

The term used to designate the types or categories into which literary works are grouped according to form, technique, or, sometimes, subject matter is

The poetic foot consisting of an accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable is the

Not a British writer honored by being awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature is

The rule-governed arrangement of words in sentences is

The author of Light in August, The Sound and the Fury, The Unvanquished, As I Lay Dying, and Absalom, Absalom! is

The term coined by E. M. Forster for a character sufficiently complex to be able to surprise the reader without losing credibility is

Not likely to sit down at the local pub or tavern to share a drink with the others listed below is

A sustained and formal poem setting forth meditations on death or another solemn theme is a(n)

A form of light verse that follows a definite pattern, including the use of the anapestic foot, which originated as epigrammatic song but now addresses, among a wide range of subject matter, the manners, the morals, and the peculiarities of imaginary people, is the

A period in English literary history that begins with the First World War and whose literary voices include the poets Yeats, Eliot, and Hardy and whose experimental fiction includes works by Woolf, Joyce and, to some degree, Conrad is the

Not among the twelfth- and thirteenth-century authors contributing to the wealth of matter constituting the Arthurian legends is

The recipient of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Optimist's Daughter is

The only one of the unities to which Aristotle directly refers in his Poetics is

The art of beautiful handwriting, which, during the Middle Ages, characterized the monks' painstaking copying of ancient manuscripts, is known as

A central idea that in nonfiction prose is recognized as the general topic and in fiction, poetry, and drama is considered the abstract concept made concrete through representation is a(n)

An illustrative story teaching a lesson that in its true intent and form parallels an allegory is a(n)

Historically, the term referring to poets who recited verses glorifying the deeds of heroes and leaders to the accompaniment of a musical instrument such as the harp is