ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

TRUE AND FALSE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Sketch Book is an example of the personal travel book, a genre that became popular in American literature.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Scarlet Letter. The poetry of Emily Dickinson. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The Great Gatsby.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of such writings include Lawrence Durrell’s Bitter Lemons (1957), Bruce Chatwin’s widely acclaimed In Patagonia (1977) and The Songlines (1987), Deborah Tall’s The Island of the White Cow: Memories of an Irish Island (1986), and Peter Mayle’s best-selling A Year in Provence (1989) and its sequels.

Detailed explanation-3: -American literature refers to works mainly created or written in English in the United States of America and its former colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Travel Genre – What’s the best definition for the travel genre? Books in the travel nonfiction genre are about places and destinations one might want to visit during their travels.

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