GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : GRE Subject Test: Literature in English
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Example Question #31 : Contexts Of World Poetry
Who is the author of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair?
Isabel Allende
Jorge Luis Borges
Pablo Neruda
Gabriel García Márquez
Elena Poniatowska
Pablo Neruda
This is the Latin American poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and the International Peace Prize. Neruda published Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair in 1924.
Example Question #32 : Contexts Of World Poetry
What country is the author of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair from?
Argentina
Uruguay
Mexico
Chile
Venezuela
Chile
Pablo Neruda was born in Chile. In addition to writing collections such as 100 Love Sonnets (1959), The Book of Questions (1974), and Canto General (1950), Neruda served as a politician and poet-diplomat (a role played by other Latin American writers such as Octavio Paz and Miguel Angel Asturias Rosales) for his country for many years.
Example Question #33 : Contexts Of World Poetry
What is the best descriptor for the type of poems in Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair?
epistolary
elegiac
epicurean
erotic
epic
erotic
As is hinted at in the title, most of the works in Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924) are erotic love poems. Although Neruda wrote in many different styles and forms (including prose, poetry, realism, surrealism, autobiography, and political manifesto), he is perhaps best known for his love poetry, including various sonnets and odes.
Example Question #37 : Contexts Of World Poetry
During what decade was The Labyrinth of Solitude published?
1940s
1910s
1930s
1950s
1920s
1950s
The Labyrinth of Solitude, which explores Mexico’s heritage and the behavior of Paz’s countrymen, first appeared in 1950.
Example Question #363 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
When was The Striders published?
1990s
1970s
1960s
2000s
1980s
1960s
The Striders was first published in 1966, making it one of A. K. Ramanujan’s earlier collections. (The poet lived from 1929 to 1993.)
Example Question #34 : Contexts Of World Poetry
Who is the author of Autobiography of Red?
Adrienne Rich
A.E. Housman
Mary Oliver
Seamus Heaney
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
Autobiography of Red (1998) is a work by Anne Carson.
A.E. Housman wrote Last Poems (1922), Seamus Heaney wrote Death of a Naturalist (1966), Adrienne Rich wrote Twenty-one Love Poems (1976), and Mary Oliver wrote The Night Traveler (1978).
Example Question #172 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
What country is the author of Autobiography of Red from?
Scotland
Canada
Trinidad
France
Spain
Canada
Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, translator, and nonfiction writer.
The Autobiography of Red was published in 1998.
Example Question #41 : Contexts Of World Poetry
What form does Autobiography of Red take?
Memoir
Novel-in-verse
Creative Nonfiction
Translation
Comedy of Manners
Novel-in-verse
While Autobiography of Red (1998) is loosely based on the Greek myth of Geryon, and despite its title, it is neither translation nor memoir/creative nonfiction. The work is a fragmentary, lyric novel told in verse.
Example Question #42 : Contexts Of World Poetry
Who is the author of The Labyrinth of Solitude?
Octavio Paz
Julio Cortázar
José Emilio Pacheco
Laura Esquivel
Gabriel García Márquez
Octavio Paz
The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950) is by the poet Octavio Paz.
Julio Cortázar wrote Hopscotch (1963), Gabriel García Márquez wrote Leaf Storm (1955), José Emilio Pacheco wrote Don't Ask Me How the Time Goes by: Poems (1978), and Laura Esquivel wrote Like Water for Chocolate (1989).
Example Question #366 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
What country is the author of The Labyrinth of Solitude from?
Chile
Colombia
Argentina
Mexico
Panama
Mexico
Octavio Paz is a Mexican writer who also served as a diplomat for his country.
The Labyrinth of Solitude was published in 1950.
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