（）stands as a great dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American literature.

Swift is a master satirist. His satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful. His "A Modest Proposal" is generally taken as a perfect model.

Pound was the leader of a now movement in poetry which he called the "（）" movement.

From the middle part to the end of the 18th century, in English literature （） flourished. They were mostly stories of mystery and horror which take place in some haunted or dilapidated middle age castles.

（）is regarded as a "worshipper of nature".

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Transcendentalism exalted reason over feeling, individual expression over the restraints of law and custom.

"Dr. Faustus" is a play based on the English Legend of a magician aspiring for knowledge and finally meeting his tragic end as a result of selling his soul to the Devil.

（）was regarded as father of the American short stories.

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