A Brief Look Through Time

The Age of Faith

Period: Jan 1, 1607 to Jan 1, 1750

A time in history when religion had dominated lives with works of sermons, diaries, personal narratives, or slave narratives.

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Enlightenment

Period: Jan 1, 1607 to Dec 31, 1800

A time when intellectual reason came into context with writings. Facts and scientific reason was a major role during the Englightenment in Europe. The enlightenment was spreading ideas through America and new inventions were
being created.
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Anne Bradstreet publishes Tenth Muse

Jan 1, 1650

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The Age of Reason

Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Jan 1, 1800

The Age of Reason consists of writings with pamphlets, persuasiveness, and ornate style. As reason grows so does the patriotism.
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Industrial Revolution began

Jan 1, 1760

The Industrial Revolution ended around 1850.

American Revolutionary War begins

May 28, 1775

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Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense

Jan 1, 1776

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Romanticism

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 1855

Romanticism was a period in time where literature and art took a new turn and began to focus strictly on imagination and emotion. Romantic artists believed in freedom from boundaries. It began in Germany and spread throughout
Europe in the early 1800’s and soon after spread into the United States.
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The Transcendentalists

Period: Jan 1, 1840 to Jan 1, 1855

This period stressed individualism, intuition, nature and self- reliance.
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Mexican War

May 1, 1840

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Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes "Self-Reliance"

Jan 1, 1841

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Edgar Allen Poe - The Raven

Jan 1, 1845

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Herman Melville - Moby Dick

Nov 14, 1851

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was published in book form

Jan 1, 1852

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Civil War; betwen 1861-1865

Jan 1, 1861

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Walt Whitman publishes "Drum Taps"

Jan 1, 1865

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Realism

Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Jan 1, 1915

Realism was the reaction against romanticism. It is broadly defined as "verisimilitude" and it represents the middle-class life.
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Reconstruction: Post Civil War

May 1, 1866

Post-War

Naturalism

Period: Jan 1, 1880 to Jan 1, 1940

Naturalism is a certain type of literature that uses scientific principles like detachment and objectivity in its study towards a better understanding of human beings. Most pieces of literature were written with a scientific method. Naturalism is similar to realism but naturalism is more focused on one specific idea.
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Stephen Crane - The Red Badge of Courage

Oct 5, 1895

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Kate Chopin publishes "The Awakening"

Jan 1, 1899

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Modernism

Period: May 28, 1914 to May 28, 1939

Modernism is seen as a large category of aestetic, political, social movements during the 19th century. The United States was going through World War I and later the Great Depression.

World War 1

Jul 28, 1914

World War 1

The Harlem Renaissance

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1940

The Harlem Renaissance is seen as a movement in which African American works progressed. This was also a time of jazz and soul.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby"

Jan 1, 1925

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Langston Hughes publishes his poem "Harlem"

Jan 1, 1926

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The Great Depression

Jan 1, 1929

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E,E, Cummings published Eimi

Jan 1, 1933

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FDR's New Deal was passed by Congress

Jun 16, 1933

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Contemporary Literature

Period: Jan 1, 1939 to May 28, 2012

Contemporary Literatrue is a time where most writings came from narratives, autobiographicals, and emotion provoking works.
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World War II; 1939-1945

May 28, 1939

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J.D. Salinger wrote Catcher in the Rye

Jan 1, 1951

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