Living in France from 1903 to 1946, American writer Gertrude Stein was an advocate of the avant-garde. Though Stein’s work was neither commercially viable or critically acclaimed in her time, her ideas and the literary techniques she pioneered were influential to other talented writers of her era, like James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway, whom she was known to take under her wing and introduce to writers and intellectuals in Paris. Thus, critics have argued that --------Which choice most logically completes the text?Stein's full influence on the literature of the early 20th century extends beyond her own literary endeavors. eliminateStein is as talented as Hemingway and Joyce, but her work is unfairly overlooked by critics.eliminateStein's influence on the Paris literary scene during the first half of the 20th century was largely as a social facilitator.eliminateit is uncertain how much Stein's largely neglected experimental writing was discussed by her contemporaries.eliminate

Gertrude Stein's poetry is often labeled "hermetic," meaning the poetry is subject to a reader's interpretation.TrueFalse

Stein believed her writing did NOT include repetition, but rather what?

Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald became close friends as they wrote in the cafes and bars of Paris in the 1920’s, when the city became a center for culture and the arts. Fitzgerald helped edit portions of Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises, but Hemingway only returned the favor by calling Fitzgerald a coward. Hemingway also openly accused Fitzgerald of being a ------- and more talented writer than Hemingway was.Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? less authenticeliminateadmirable eliminatehighly sought after eliminatewidely regarded eliminate

Contemporaries of American modernist poet H.D. focused only on her important contributions to the Imagist movement in the 1920s, taking __________ view of her work. However, she wrote in a variety of forms and genres, from short, lyrical works to complex, booklength poems.

Scholars have noted that Italian writer Anna Maria Ortese is a versatile and accomplished author in a range of genres including poetry, short stories, and playwriting. However, despite favorable reviews and multiple publications early on in her career, Ortese never gained international recognition in the way of some female, English-speaking writers like Virginia Woolf or Eudora Welty, who were working at the same time. This was partially because ------- Which choice most logically completes the text?Ortese did not create a body of work with enough variety to gain widespread acclaim.eliminatealthough Ortese's early work was well-reviewed, critics did not care for her later writing. eliminateOrtese wrote primarily in Italian and not all of her works were translated in her lifetime.eliminateOrtese attempted to produce work in too many genres and that frustrated her readers.