Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” ?

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Professor Hammer argues that which of the following statements is true of Ezra Pound’s strong emphasis on poetic technique ?

A. It serves to effectively depersonalize Pound’s poems. B. It serves the greater aim of conveying both intensity and immediacy in Pound’s poetry. C. It is a paradoxical mixture of personal and impersonal elements. D. It is a means of creating a dialogue between modernity and tradition....

Professor Hammer argues that Marianne Moore’s poem “England” suggests which of the following ?

A. Moore’s emotional and aesthetic attachment to England B. Moore’s harsh critique of the carnage of World War I C. Moore’s particular kind of combative American cultural nationalism D. Moore’s interest in England’s civilizing mission in the world...

What is the principal subject of Marianne Moore’s poem “An Octopus” ?

A. Death B. Mt. Rainier C. The ocean D. An octopus...

In his essay “The Roots of Modernism,” Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe defines the modern period in the history of art as the time from roughly 1860 to 1970. How does he say modernism is typically defined ?

A. Modernism is the art produced during the modern period. B. Modernism is the historical period which followed the modern period. C. Modernism is the philosophy of modern art. D. Both A and C...

Complete the following sentence. Professor Hammer argues that Ezra Pound’s interest in fascism and his anti-Semitic views were likely an outcome of his______________?

A. endorsement of Marxism. B. interest in ancient Rome. C. anti-capitalism. D. interest in Fourier’s utopian socialist thought....