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• Who is the author of "The Wasteland"?

  TS Eliot
• What does the Valley of Ashes symbolize in "The Wasteland"?

  Despair and moral decay
• Which painting is associated with Picasso?

  Les Desmoisells d’Avignon
• Who composed "The Rite of Spring"?

  Stravinsky
• Which novel is associated with James Joyce?

  Ulysses
• What characterizes American Romanticism?

  Influence from European Romanticism
• Name a key figure in American Romanticism.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne
• How did Hawthorne define a romance?

  Meeting of Actual and Imaginary
• What is Transcendentalism?

  Philosophy of God in nature and man
• What does Realism focus on?

  Plight of the Everyman
• Who are some key figures in American Romanticism?

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Herman Melville
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Henry David Thoreau
  • Edgar Allan Poe
  • Walt Whitman
• What are the main characteristics of Transcendentalism?

  • God is immanent in nature and man
  • Truth of intuition transcends physical senses
• What are the main themes of Realism?

  • Focus on everyday life
  • Representation of ordinary people
  • Concern for social issues