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http://mclainhonorsenglish.wikispaces.com/Age+of+Enlightenment+Overview
The age of Enlightenment was the era when religion was the driving force of American culture, and by extension, literature
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The different kinds of literary styles are sermons, diaries,personal narratives,slave narratives, instructional guides. The writing style among American authors of this time period was very plain and simple, reflecting the culture and lifestyles of the time. http://mclainhonorsenglish.wikispaces.com/Age+of+Enlightenment+Overview
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The American Revolution, which caused the spread of patriotism. American character and democracy began the development of this era. http://mclainhonorsenglish.wikispaces.com/Age+of+Enlightenment+Overview
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Patriot famous for the Declaration of Independence, the Third President of the United States. http://mclainhonorsenglish.wikispaces.com/Age+of+Enlightenment+Overview
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Romanticism was a literary and artistic movement of the nineteenth century that arose in reaction against eighteenth-century Neoclassicism and placed a premium on fancy, imagination, emotion, nature, individuality, and exotica.
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Transcendentalism was an American literary and philosophical movement of the nineteenth century. The Transcendentalists, who were based in New England, believed that intuition and the individual conscience “transcend” experience and thus are better guides to truth than are the senses and logical reason. http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm
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"The Scarlett Letter" http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm
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"The Ravnen" http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm
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The Leaves of Grass Imprints http://www.whitmanarchive.org/
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Realism is the presentation in art of the details of actual life. http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm
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Naturalism was a literary movement among novelists at the end of the nineteenth century and during the early decades of the twentieth century. http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin http://www.online-literature.com/stowe/
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Huckleberry Fin http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm
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The red badge of courage http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm
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The Titanic strikes an iceberg, and 1502 lives are lost because the ship did not carry enough lifeboats. http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1910.htm
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The period was marked by sudden and unexpected breaks with traditional ways of viewing and interacting with the world. http://www.online-literature.com/periods/modernism.php
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The Enormous Room http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1910.htm
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The Great Gatsby http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm
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Albert Einstein lectures in New York about his theory of relativity.
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Occurred during the 1920’s, was a time of African American artistic creativity centered in Harlem, in New York City. http://staff.gps.edu/gaither/literary_movements.htm
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Literature with its setting generally after World War II. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=1&gs_ri=serp&pq=contemporary%20literature&cp=24&gs_id=4&xhr=t&q=contemporary+literature+definition&pf=p&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&oq=contemporary+literature+&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=a4c147812de756a9&bpcl=40096503&biw=1440&bih=719
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Catcher in the Rye http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger
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Ask Your Mama http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83
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On September 11th, 2001 US world trade centers were attacked in a terrorist attack. http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1920m.html