Question

After this author rebutted a harsh review from the Literary World, another writer declared that this author’s heart “beat in my ribs and mine in yours.” This author’s death inspired the poem “Monody” from (15[1])a writer who posed as (-5[1])an “a (-5[1])Virginian (-5[1])spending July in Vermont” to praise a story collection. (15[1])This author (15[1])described the “absolute torture of the breast” of his character Coverdale refusing to run away from a farm with the philanthropist (15[1])Hollingsworth. The shield on Elizabeth Pain’s grave (15[1])inspired this author to depict a grave for two (15[1])with a simple (*) red-on-black symbol. (10[3])A short story by this (10[1])author describes how Beatrice dies after (10[1])drinking (10[1]-5[1])the “cure” for her (10[1])poisonous body. (10[7])This dedicatee of Moby-Dick described a man who refuses to acknowledge his (10[1])child Pearl (10[2])on a scaffold, (10[3])but later reveals (10[1])a symbol (10[1])seared on his chest. For 10 points, Herman Melville loved what author (10[1])of the Scarlet Letter? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Nathaniel Hawthorne
<GE, American Literature>
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