The "Cycle of American Literature" was written by ?
Correct answer: C. Robert E. Spiller
- A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
- B. Thoruau
- C. Robert E. Spiller
- D. Gustave Falubert
Explanation
Robert E. Spiller wrote The Cycle of American Literature, a major survey of the development of American writing. Thoreau and Emerson were writers discussed in such literary histories, not the author of this work.
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