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Lit Test 1 Objective
Naturalism + Roaring Twenties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ~T.S. Eliot | |
| Eliot Birthdate | 1888 |
| Eliot Birthplace | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Eliot Family? | Puritans |
| Eliot Education? | Harvard in 1906, Masters in 1910; 1911-1914 doctorate in philosophy, but no diploma |
| Eliot in 1915? | Moved permanently to England |
| Eliot move? | 1915 permanently to England |
| Eliot Nobel Prize | 1948 |
| Eliot Death | 1965 |
| ~Randall Jarrell | dkj |
| Jarrell Birthdate? | May 6, 1914 |
| Jarrell Birthplace | Nashville |
| Jarrell Move as infant | 1915 to West Coast |
| Jarrell family conflict | Parents divorce at 11, live with gparents |
| Jarrell education | Business classes in high school; Vanderbilt |
| Jarrell job | Taught Kenyon, UT @ Austin, hella magazines; 1942: Army Air Corps;UNC @ Greensboro (women's) |
| Jarrell adult conflict? | Diagnosed with manic disorder |
| Jarrell death? | 1965 Hit by car |
| Jarrell notable works? | 1942: "Blood from a Stranger"; 1945: "Little Friends, Little Friends" |
| ~Fitzgerald | |
| Fitzgerald Family background | Father Edmund to St. Paul, working class in wicker furniture; Mother: Francis McQuillan hella rich. pissed at father |
| Fitzgerald Birthname | Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald |
| Fitzgerald Birthdate | 1896 |
| Fitzgerald growing up | 1898-1908: East Coast, dad as salesamn. Mom hella pissed b/c no money. Dad fired in 1908. Move into Mcquillan mansion |
| Fitzgerald Education | St. Paul's Academy (Catholic); Cardinal Newman High School in Baltimore; Princeton; hella writing at princeton |
| Fitzgerald College Friends | John Peale Bishop, Edmund Wilson as Literary; Triangle Dining Club for parties |
| Fitzgerald after College | Joins army in 1917, only goes to Montgomery; likes Zelda; 1919 discharged |
| Fitzgerald Early Writing | 1919: Charles Scribner Sons; 1920: This Side of Paradise, Marries Zelda; 1922: The Beautiful and the Damned; 1924: Cruise to Fr. Riviera, Zelda wants divorce, tlaked out of, tries suicide, stays w/Fitz |
| Fitzgerald Later Writing | 1925: Gatsby; Hollywood. shitty. Zelda goes crazy, Gatsby marries Shila. Gatsby is alcoholic |
| Fitzgerald Death | 1940 @ 44, writing "The Last Tycoon" |
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