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.

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

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

"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.

（）is regarded as the pioneer of English drama.

"After Apple - Picking" is a well - known poem written by（）

The way in which （） wrote "The Scarlet Letter" suggests that American Romanticism adapted itself to American puritan moralism.

Hemingway develops the style of colloquialism initiated by Thomas Hardy.

Altogether, Dickinson wrote 1775 poems of which most had appeared during her lifetime.

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