Question
This book’s introduction criticizes American activity in the Cold War by comparing mankind to cannibalistic sea slugs from a Disney documentary. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this book that includes chapters analyzing the diaries of Kate Stone and Mary Chesnut. This 1962 book of literary criticism also examines Miss Ravenel’s Conversion by J. W. de Forest.
ANSWER: Patriotic Gore
[10e] Edmund Wilson’s book Patriotic Gore explores the literature of this conflict, such as Leaves of Grass and Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
ANSWER: Civil War [or American Civil War]
[10m] In the chapter on Miss Ravenel’s Conversion, Wilson also discusses de Forest’s essay in The Nation, in which he coined this term. A controversial Time magazine cover associated Jonathan Franzen with this concept.
ANSWER: Great American Novel [or GAN; accept “Great American Novelist”]
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Summary
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 83% | 33% | 17% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 83% | 17% | 17% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 8.00 | 80% | 0% | 0% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 10 | 11.00 | 100% | 10% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 8 | 11.25 | 100% | 13% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
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| NYU A | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia C | Haverford A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland A | John Jay College | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Johns Hopkins A | Vassar A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland B | Penn A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale A | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| George Washington B | Penn B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers A | George Washington A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |