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Romanticism. (1820-1861)
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"A Dream Within A Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Transcendentalism
A cultural movement in which ideas in literature and philosophy emerged. -
Realism. (1860-1890)
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American Civil War begins (1861-1865)
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, is published
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are published in the United States, though published a year earlier in England. -
Regionalism. (1900-1940)
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Imagism. (1912-1927)
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World War I begins. (1914-1918)
Austria declares war on Serbia starting the war. -
Modernist movement begins.
The modernist movement that changed American literature and train of thought begins. -
The Harlem Renaissance begins.
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Life Is Fine by Langston Hughes
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Ulysses, written by James Joyce, is published.
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The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is published.
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Great Depression begins.
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Black Mountain Poets. (1933-1956)
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Their Eyes Were Watching God, written by Zora Neale Hurston, is published.
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The Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck, is published
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World War Two begins. (1939-1945)
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Cold War begins. (1948-1991, on and off)
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Animal Farm, written by George Orwell. is published.
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The Beat Generation emerges.
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Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is published.
1951, Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is published. -
"Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou
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Vietnam War begins. (1955-1975)
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To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is published.
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated.
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Slaughterhouse-five, written by Kurt Vonnegut, is published.
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Post-Modernism movement begins.
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"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
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"A Life" by Sylvia Plath
