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American Literature

By Jery
  • 1700 BCE

    Colonial Period, Early America (1620- 1776)

    Colonial Period, Early America (1620- 1776)
    1. Robert Beverley wrote "The History and Present State of Virginia"(History Book) and " A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia (Humurous Satire) 2.Edward Taylor wrote "Metrical History of Christianity" ( history of martyrs) and " Huswifery" (Poem)

  • Age of Reason (1776 to early 1800´s )

    Age of Reason (1776 to early 1800´s )
    1. Thomas Paine
      "Common Sense" (Pamphlet) , "The American Crisis" (Pamphlet)
    2. John Trumbull
      "M´Fingal" (Mock Epic)
    3. Hugh Henry Brackenridge
      "Modern Chivalry" (Novel)

  • The Romantic Period

    The Romantic Period
    1. Edgar Allan Poe
      " The Black Cat" ( Short Story)
      " The Raven" ( Poem)
    2. Herman Melville
      "Moby Dick" (Novel)
      "Bartleby, the Scrivener" (Short Story)

  • Transcendentalism (1840 -1885)

    Transcendentalism (1840 -1885)
    1. Walt Whitman
      " A woman waits for me" (poem)
      " A Song" (Poem)
    2. Margaret Fuller
      " The Dial" ( Magazine)
      "Summer on the Lakes" ( Nonfiction Book)

  • Anti Transcendentalism ( 1840 - 1885)

    Anti Transcendentalism ( 1840 - 1885)
    1. Nathaniel Hawthorne "Scarlett Letter" ( Novel) "The Custom House” (Short Story)
    2.Henry David Thoreau
    "The Inward Morning," (Poem)
    "Free Love," (Poem)

  • Realism ( 1865 - 1915)

    Realism ( 1865 - 1915)
    1. Mark Twain
      "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (Novel)
      "Tom Sawyer, Detective" ( Novel)
    2. Henry James
      " Deisy Miller" (Novel)
      "The Turn of the Screw" ( Story)

  • Naturalism ( 1865 - 1915)

    Naturalism ( 1865 - 1915)
    1. Jack London
      " White Fang" ( Novel)
      " The call of the wild" ( Novel)
    2. Stephen Crane
      "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" (Novel)

      "The Black Riders" ( Book of poems)

  • Regionalism (1865 - 1895)

    Regionalism (1865 - 1895)
    1. Kate Chopin
      "The Awakening"(Novel)
      " A Horse Story" ( Short Story)
    2. Bret Harte
      "Devil's Ford" (Novel)
      " A Mother of Five" ( Short Story)

  • Modernism ( 1915 - 1946)

    Modernism ( 1915 - 1946)
    1. Robert Frost
      “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” ( Poem)
      “The Death of the Hired Man,” (Poem)
    2. Ezra Pound
      "Tame Cat" ( Poem)
      "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter" ( Poem)

  • Contemporary ( 1946- Present)

    Contemporary ( 1946- Present)
    1. Jhon Grisham
      " The Whistler" ( Novel)
      "Partners" ( Short Story)
    2. Stephany Meyer
      " THe Host" ( Novel)
      " Breaking Down" ( Novel)