American Literature Timeline

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  • Period: Jan 1, 1558 to

    Elizabethan Era

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    Enlightenment

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  • William Hill Brown's "Power of Sympathy" published

    William Hill Brown's "Power of Sympathy" published

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  • Susanna Rowson's "Charlott: A Tale of Truth" published in London, England

    Susanna Rowson's "Charlott: A Tale of Truth" published in London, England

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  • Star Spangled Banner first written

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  • James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" gets published

    James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" gets published

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  • William Gilmore Simms' "Martin Faber" published

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    Aestheticism

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  • Transcendentalism begins

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    Modernism Explodes

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  • Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published

    Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published

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    American Civil War

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  • Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" gets published in England

    Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" gets published in England

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  • Francis Bellamy composes "Pledge of Allegiance

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  • Irvin Berlin composes "Alexander's Ragtime Band"

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    World War I

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    DADAism

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    Harlem Renaissance

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby" gets published

    F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby" gets published

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    Elvis Presley dazzles the world stage with his music

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    World War II

  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

  • D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy, France

    D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy, France

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    Beat Generation

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    Korean War

  • J.D Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" gets published

    J.D Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" gets published

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    Vietnam War

  • Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates President Kennedy

    Lee Harvey Oswald assassinates President Kennedy

  • Louis Armstrong releases "What a Wonderful World

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  • Postmodernism

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  • Frank Sinatra releases "New York, New York"

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    Spoken Word/Poetry Slam

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