GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Contexts of World Poetry After 1925
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Example Question #31 : Contexts Of World Poetry
What country is the author of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair from?
Uruguay
Venezuela
Argentina
Mexico
Chile
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 #32 : Contexts Of World Poetry
What is the best descriptor for the type of poems in Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair?
epistolary
epic
erotic
elegiac
epicurean
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 #163 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
During what decade was The Labyrinth of Solitude published?
1920s
1930s
1910s
1950s
1940s
1950s
The Labyrinth of Solitude, which explores Mexico’s heritage and the behavior of Paz’s countrymen, first appeared in 1950.
Example Question #31 : Contexts Of World Poetry
When was The Striders published?
2000s
1980s
1960s
1990s
1970s
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 #33 : Contexts Of World Poetry
Who is the author of Autobiography of Red?
Seamus Heaney
Mary Oliver
Anne Carson
Adrienne Rich
A.E. Housman
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 #361 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
What country is the author of Autobiography of Red from?
France
Canada
Spain
Scotland
Trinidad
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?
Creative Nonfiction
Memoir
Comedy of Manners
Novel-in-verse
Translation
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
José Emilio Pacheco
Julio Cortázar
Gabriel García Márquez
Laura Esquivel
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 #43 : Contexts Of World Poetry
What country is the author of The Labyrinth of Solitude from?
Panama
Chile
Mexico
Colombia
Argentina
Mexico
Octavio Paz is a Mexican writer who also served as a diplomat for his country.
The Labyrinth of Solitude was published in 1950.
Example Question #43 : Contexts Of World Poetry
Which of the following is not another work by the author of The Labyrinth of Solitude?
Airborn
Renga: A Chain of Poems
The Double Flame
The Dream
Sunstone
The Dream
Octavio Paz wrote Sunstone (1956), The Double Flame (1994), In Light of India (1997), Airborn (1979), and Renga: A Chain of Poems (1972). The Dream (1692) is by the 17th-century Mexican nun Juana Inés de la Cruz.
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