The author's attitude toward the deep rift between poetry and fiction in the U.S. can be most accurately described as...

Emil-Kunkin on March 23, 2023

Hi, I think there are two issues with A. The first is that the author clearly disapproves of this distinction. The main point of the passage is that the author think's this distinction is bad, so we would expect her attitude towards it to reflect that opinion. Moreover, there is no support for the idea she is perplexed as to its origin. In fact, there is direct evidence she may know where it comes from. In the second paragraph, the author suggests that the division is a result of skepticism towards generalists.