Question
After editing a book on the “American Female” practitioners of this activity, Caroline May became ensnared in a feud with Rufus Griswold and his compendium of the “female” practitioners of this activity “of America” published the same year. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this activity practiced by Phyllis Wheatley, which contributed to her manumission.
ANSWER: poetry [accept The American Female Poets; accept The Female Poets of America; prompt on literature, writing, verse, or prose]
[10m] May devotes a significant portion of her text to a poet with this married surname who wrote the lengthy verse poem Zóphiël. A later female poet with this surname wrote “The Anniad” and set her first poetry collection in Bronzeville.
ANSWER: Brooks [accept Maria Gowens Brooks or Mrs. Brooks; accept Gwendolyn Brooks or Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks]
[10h] A similar amount of coverage is given to Lydia Sigourney, the “sweet singer” from this city. A literary group named for this city included The Columbiad author Joel Barlow.
ANSWER: Hartford [accept Sweet Singer of Hartford; accept Hartford Wits]
<GP, American Literature>
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