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Enlightenment
A period or reasoning inspired by the scientific revolution where natural and human laws, how the world works and we are governed were put into place. Also the examination of religion and its importance. -
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Age of Faith
Puritans and pilgrims seperated from the church of england. Religion controlled their lives and writings. The people believed in hard simple work and no frills in living -
Printing press
First printing press in new world. Bay Psalm book was the first thing published -
Jonathan Edwards
A minister during the enlightenment. Wrote "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God". He viewed god as an angry distant ruler, and man as basic evil. -
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Age of Reason
The people were no longer restricted by religion, fear, and superstition.They were able to explore their ideas freely. They began the pursuit of knowledge, happiness, and liberty. -
Age of Reason American event
Stamp Act taxing colonists. -
Thmoas Paine - Age of Reason
The Age of reason, published in two parts. ONe in 1794 and the other in 1795. It sold very well in America. -
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Romanticism
A literary, artistic, and philisopical movement from the people. It is a reaction to neoclassicism with an emphasise on imagination and emotion. -
Romanticism event
Abolitionist Movement starts at this time. -
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Transcendentalism
It was a philosophical and literary movement that stressed individualism, nature, intuition, and self reliance. They belived you should within yourself to find the answers in the world around us. -
Romanticism - Edgar Allen Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart -
Transcendentalist events
Henry David Thoreau was arrested and spent one night in jail for not paying a poll tax. -
Romanticism - Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Realism - Harriet Beecher Stowe
She wrote "Uncle Toms Cabin" which became one of the most influencial books in the 19th century. -
Transcendentalism - Henry David Thoreau
"Walden or a Life in the Woods" is a guide for life showing how to live wisely. -
New Poetic Forms - Walt Whitman
"Leaves of Grass " is a collection of 12 poems in Whitmans unusual style. -
New Poetic Forms - Major event
Henry David Thoreau and Bronson Alcott go to Massachusetts to meet with Whitman. -
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Realism
Realism was a reaction against Romanticism. Instead of imagination and emotion they are realistic and ordinary. It does not focus on the fantastic or adventurous. -
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Naturalism
Naturalism is a sub-genre of realism that goes further into detail and explantion on the characters actions in the novel. It tells the story as it is and they believe that unavoidalbe factors such as heredity or social/environmental conditions, can help determine a persons life -
Naturalist - American history event
Yellowstone National Park opens in this year -
Realism - Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. -
Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane wrote the novel "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" which was one of the first true Naturalist works. -
Realism - American History Event
The Ford Model T was first marketed in this year. -
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Modernism
Modernism is a break away from tradtion. Unlike the past, experimentation and individualism are now virtues. They have a more negative view and opinion on the characters and world. Machinery and technology were becoming part of the everyday world and due to this new fascination little care was given to the nature and other beings. Itcan be described as capitalist and impersonal. -
Modernism - Historical American Event
The united States enters the first world war. The war has been in action for 3 previous years. -
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The Harlem Renaissance
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Harlem Time period event.
The enforcement of the the Immigration Act of 1924 begins.
This restricted the number of immigrants that could be accepted into the country. -
Modernism - T.S. Eliot
"The Wasteland" by T.S. Eliot is a prime example of how modernist experimented with form and genre. -
Modernist - F. Scott Fitzgerald
In 1925 "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published. -
Zora Neale Jurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God. -
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Contemporay Literature
Development and improvement of many literary techniques after the World War II period. They are all mixed together along with aspects and ideas from the previous movements. -
Contemporary Literature - J.D. Salinger
"Catcher in the Rye" was a popular novel that explored writing style. -
Contemporary time zone event
This marks the date of Mans first step on the moon.